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Recent Examples of cerebral palsy
Her daughter, Amanda, is disabled and has conditions including cerebral palsy and a seizure disorder.
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Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 16 May 2025
The movie stars Phoebe-Rae Taylor making her screen debut as Melody, who, similarly to her character, lives with cerebral palsy.
—Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Run by Dom Kelly, one of three triplets born with cerebral palsy, New Disabled South plans to expand into federal legislation by the end of the year.
—Alan Schwarz, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
As revealed in a recent episode of 60 Minutes, in one case the agency sent a clawback letter to a 32-year-old man, living on Social Security and disabled by cerebral palsy.
—John C. Goodman, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
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Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 16 May 2025
The movie stars Phoebe-Rae Taylor making her screen debut as Melody, who, similarly to her character, lives with cerebral palsy.
—Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Run by Dom Kelly, one of three triplets born with cerebral palsy, New Disabled South plans to expand into federal legislation by the end of the year.
—Alan Schwarz, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
As revealed in a recent episode of 60 Minutes, in one case the agency sent a clawback letter to a 32-year-old man, living on Social Security and disabled by cerebral palsy.
—John C. Goodman, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cerebral palsy
Noun
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These facilities produce key therapies for multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer's.—
Steve Banker,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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From its connection to the brain and disease states like cancer and multiple sclerosis, to its transplantation as a potential treatment for a variety of conditions.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
23 July 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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There is no cure for paralytic poliomyelitis.—
Dr. Céline Gounder,
CBS News,
15 Sep. 2022
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When gone untreated, Lyme disease can produce a wide range of symptoms depending on the stage of infection, including fever, rash, facial paralysis, irregular heartbeat and arthritis.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
1 Aug. 2025
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There are three stages of Lyme disease, which can include flu-like symptoms, dizziness, chest pain, palpitations, arthritis, facial nerve paralysis, ongoing joint pain, fatigue, depression, palpitations, and other neurological, rheumatological and cardiac involvement.—
Alli Rosenbloom,
CNN Money,
31 July 2025
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The Emmy-winning composer died Thursday at his home in Los Angeles following an eight-year battle with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), Clausen’s daughter told the Hollywood Reporter.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
31 May 2025
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For example, in the hand tendon-transfer surgery for high median-ulnar palsy, one muscle is sutured to all four finger flexor tendons.—
Evan Ackerman,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 Mar. 2018
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“Cerebral palsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cerebral%20palsy. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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