Cerebral Palsy

Special needs children deserve the chance to be extraordinary

2013-04-18 00:00:00

Raising a child is like doing a puzzle in the dark. You get two pieces together and think, "Finally, I know what to do," not realizing there are a hundred more pieces scattered across the room. For the parent of a special needs child, that puzzle has a...

Does Congress have the heart to avert disability crisis?

2013-04-02 15:10:00

Bonnie Lee worked for 12 years as a health technician for Kaiser Permanente in Southern California, started her own Web services company, and raised two kids as a single mother in Ontario. Then Bonnie, 51, moved back East to rural Pennsylvania and...

California senator seeks investigations of abuse of disabled people

2012-12-19 08:22:23

‘PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale’: Chan Park talks classics

2012-11-20 06:33:37

Mom's 'milagro' blossoms at Junior Blind camp: Summer Camp Campaign

2012-06-20 00:00:00

Angela Marquez runs her fingers over the Braille atlas, reading aloud. "North America," the 10-year-old says, slowly. "South America. Pacific Ocean." Joan Marason, director of wellness and enrichment programs at Junior Blind of America in Culver City,...

On Location: Inclusion Films opens doors in Hollywood

2011-12-27 16:33:36

California lawmaker wants to get rid of 'the R-word'

2012-03-07 16:38:51

El Cajon mother and son to stand trial in neglect death of disabled son

2011-02-22 21:34:41

X Questions: KCRW's Chuck P

2010-12-20 16:34:45

ISRAEL: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to seek Jonathan Pollard's release

2010-12-22 16:32:23

Book review: 'Knowing Jesse' by Marianne Leone

2010-09-16 00:00:00

During the all-too-brief life of their physically disabled son, Jesse, who died in his sleep five years ago at the age of 17, the actors Marianne Leone (who played the mother of actor Michael Imperioli on HBO's "The Sopranos") and Chris Cooper (an Academy...

93-5 'KHY Rock Report

2013-05-24 00:00:00

Headlines for Friday,� May� 24,��2013 � � SLAYER: Metallica, System Members Speak at Hanneman Memorial Metallica's Robert Trujillo and System of a Down's Shavo Odadjian joined Slayer's Kerry King as speakers at Thursday's memorial service for...

? Kauffman didn't flinch. "I was born this way for some reason," he said. "I don't know what it is yet, but you've got to take what you're given and run with it." Literally.

2012-10-23 00:00:00

Octavia Byars smiles with her son, T.J., while they work on his physical therapy at their home in Lansing. He is developmentally delayed and lives with multiple medical problems including epilepsy, cerebral palsy and juvenile arthritis. He uses a ventilator to breathe.

2012-10-03 00:00:00

July 31: For the second time this summer, a local family has been awarded a huge sum of money by a Baltimore jury after claiming that negligent care by a local hospital caused their child to be born with a disability.

2012-08-02 12:42:00