cerebral palsy
noun
: a disability resulting from damage to the brain before, during, or shortly after birth and outwardly manifested by muscular incoordination and speech disturbances
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His daughter, Jessica, was born with cerebral palsy and diagnosed as a spastic quadriplegic.
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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
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.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 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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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
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.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 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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“Cerebral palsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cerebral%20palsy. Accessed 1 Jan. 2026.
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