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Recent Examples of cerebral palsy
The Arc of San Diego serves over 2,000 children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, such as autism, cerebral palsy, and Down syndrome, annually.
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News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2025
His daughter, Jessica, was born with cerebral palsy and diagnosed as a spastic quadriplegic.
—Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2025
Cornell’s actual studio was in the basement of a house on Utopia Parkway in Flushing, where the artist lived for most of his adult life, along with his mother and a brother who needed caretaking, owing to cerebral palsy.
—Bruce Handy, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
These increased positive outcomes for individuals with cerebral palsy, Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy, and Rett Syndrome, among other disorders, has created a growing population of young adults in need of services, and medical organizations are scrambling to catch up across the country.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 17 Dec. 2025
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News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2025
His daughter, Jessica, was born with cerebral palsy and diagnosed as a spastic quadriplegic.
—Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2025
Cornell’s actual studio was in the basement of a house on Utopia Parkway in Flushing, where the artist lived for most of his adult life, along with his mother and a brother who needed caretaking, owing to cerebral palsy.
—Bruce Handy, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
These increased positive outcomes for individuals with cerebral palsy, Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy, and Rett Syndrome, among other disorders, has created a growing population of young adults in need of services, and medical organizations are scrambling to catch up across the country.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 17 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cerebral palsy
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Fernando and Alberto have also worked together to raise money and awareness for multiple sclerosis, which has affected Elsa for nearly two decades.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
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Increasing evidence has also linked the Epstein-Barr virus — a member of the same herpesvirus family — to multiple sclerosis.—
Lisa Jarvis,
Twin Cities,
20 Dec. 2025
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Other vaccines including for poliomyelitis, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, measles, mumps and rubella will remain in place unless updated through legislation, according to the state Department of Health.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
9 Sep. 2025
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Over the next 25 years, there would be 51.2 million cases of measles, 9.9 million cases of rubella and 4.3 million cases of poliomyelitis.—
Corinne Purtill,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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And after miraculously surviving the attack that left her with facial paralysis and a bullet forever lodged in her brain, Buttafuoco was immediately, unwillingly thrust into the spotlight.—
Janine Rubenstein,
PEOPLE,
16 Jan. 2026
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Not Finishing The Job In your rush to get the job done, decision paralysis could overwhelm you and prevent you from accomplishing much.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
14 Jan. 2026
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According to John Hopkins Medicine, Bell’s palsy is a sudden paralysis or weakness of the facial muscles, usually on one side of the face.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
4 Jan. 2026
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Jackson, 84, was admitted to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in November for progressive supranuclear palsy, or PSP, a neurodegenerative condition.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
22 Dec. 2025
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“Cerebral palsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cerebral%20palsy. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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