In ataxic cerebral palsy (CP) early prenatal causes are probably of the utmost importance. This supposition was tested by examining 36 patients, older than 5 years, with ataxic CP for minor congenital ...
Running. There's a feeling of speed and weightlessness to it, a feeling 13-year-old Sayers Grooms thought she’d never experience in her life. That is, until she got a RaceRunner, a custom-built ...
Three gold medals dangle around Sayers Grooms neck as she stands in front of the first place placard on the polyurethane track in Copenhagen, Denmark. She sports highlighter yellow Nikes and a navy ...
Sayers Grooms loves to run. She loves to race and to feel the wind rush through her short strawberry blond hair. She loves the way it makes her feel: free. Except, running is a lot harder when your ...
Known possible causes of cerebral palsy include infection in early pregnancy, difficult or premature birth, bleeding within the baby’s brain or abnormal brain development of the baby. Complications ...
On June 24, 1990, Andrea Jones went into premature labour at 24 weeks and gave birth to a tiny daughter, who suffered a devastating brain haemorrhage on delivery. She was not expected to live. At ...
Comedian Rosie Jones, who is using a buggy to complete the TCS London Marathon, has said her “internalised ableism” previously stopped her from using mobility aids. The 33-year-old, who has ataxic ...