Music producer Clive Davis revealed that he has been diagnosed with a medical condition know as Bell’s Palsy. A representative for the 88-year-old record executive confirmed the diagnosis, which is not life-threatening, in a statement to Variety on Tuesday, adding that Davis is in ‘good spirits.’ The outlet also reported that due to his ailment, the … Read more
Family of boy, 5, with cerebral palsy whose choir came second in Britain’s Got Talent reveal the cruel abuse he receives online as trolls say he ‘should have been aborted’ Family of Christian, who has cerebral palsy, revealed cruel abuse he gets online Mum Diana, from Greater Manchester, said there are trolls and awful comments … Read more
BBC viewers were moved as a five-year-old boy with cerebral palsy met his ‘companion’ puppy for the first time. Darren and Gemma Summerscale-Heards appeared on BBC2’s 12 Puppies and Us, where they revealed they were looking for a pup for their non-verbal son Dexter, to help him become more independent. The couple, who also have Tiana, nine, Spencer, … Read more
A ‘secret millionaire’ has offered to fund a four-year-old girl’s £75,000 life-changing surgery which will enable her to walk for the first time as well as a trip to Disneyland. Emily Anderson, from Doncaster, South Yorkshire, has cerebral palsy but the operation to aid movement, Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy (SDR), is hard to get on the NHS. … Read more
Meghan King revealed on World Cerebral Palsy Day, which fell on Wednesday, that her two-year-old son Hart has the illness. The child was diagnosed only this Tuesday, slightly over a year after Meghan revealed he had the rare brain disorder periventricular leukomalacia (PVL). ‘So his specific diagnosis is hypotonic cerebral palsy which essentially means that … Read more
‘Dear Alton Towers, ‘Yesterday (28th September 2020) I spent my Birthday at your theme park. On your website, it states Alton Towers wants to “help guests with additional needs have a fabulous and unforgettable experience”. It certainly was an “unforgettable” day for all the wrong reasons. I went with my girlfriend Lucy and my sister … Read more
A seven-year-old boy with cerebral palsy, whose parents were told he would never walk, has raised over £10,000 climbing Britain’s tallest mountain. Caeden Tompson, from Corby, Northamptonshire, managed to trek 1,345m (4,413ft) up the country’s highest peak, Ben Nevis, in order to raise money for disability equality charity Scope. Born 12 weeks prematurely, Caeden has bilateral spastic cerebral … Read more
They say a family is not defined by blood, but the love that runs in it – like how this Chinese mother looks after her adopted sick son without a complaint. Devoted Peng Lianqing has taken care of her seriously ill child wholeheartedly for 42 years since she found him abandoned on her doorstep at … Read more
‘I’m done crying’: Love Island’s Tayla Damir reveals her struggle with Bell’s palsy and says a Botox procedure made her condition WORSE By Jessamy Tredinnick For Daily Mail Australia Published: 22:18 BST, 17 June 2020 | Updated: 22:18 BST, 17 June 2020 Love Island Australia star Tayla Damir has spoken candidly about her battle with Bell’s … Read more
A four-year-old with cerebral palsy who moved Britain’s Got Talent viewers with his singing ‘didn’t take his first breath for 24 minutes’ and was told he would never be able to speak, it was revealed today. Jade Kilduff, 18, from Heywood, Greater Manchester, became an internet sensation after sharing videos of herself and her brother, … Read more