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Recent Examples of spastic paralysis
Over the past couple of months, Lizzo and Beyoncé were both called out for their use of a word that is considered a slur in the disability community that refers to people with spastic paralysis or cerebral palsy.
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Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2022
Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2022
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For seniors and people with disabilities, programs like the city’s Housing Choice Voucher Program focus on providing safe, affordable and accessible housing options.Sherell Jackson, Baltimore Sun, 11 Jan. 2025
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The foundation plans to use the funds to build an adaptive playground for children with disabilities at a school in South Jersey.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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He was taken to Summit Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries, and showed no impairment at the scene, police said.Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 31 Dec. 2024
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The department's preliminary investigation indicates the 19-year-old driver showed signs of impairment.Claudia Levens, Journal Sentinel, 31 Dec. 2024
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About a third experience some form of aura beforehand, often accompanied by debilitating symptoms from vomiting to vertigo, or, in worse cases, temporary blindness or hemiplegia, a paralysis down one side of the body.Matthew Ponsford, WIRED, 19 Sep. 2024
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Related article Gaza’s chessboard of suffering: Tens of thousands on the move again as IDF issues new evacuation orders Julia suffers from a rare neurological disorder called alternating hemiplegia of childhood, or AHC.Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 10 July 2024
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Two of the rats were paralyzed and unable to reach food or water, and a third had paresis and had trouble moving.Rob O'Dell, The Arizona Republic, 23 June 2021
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Doctors diagnosed her with paresis of the vocal folds, a muscular dysfunction.New York Times, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2019
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The plaintiff, Darwin Boggs, has paraplegia and uses a wheelchair when traveling in public, the suit said.Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Those with quadriplegia or paraplegia who continue to drive have to install expensive or sophisticated hardware to control the foot pedals with their hands.New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 July 2024
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The right program made a difference for 28-year-old Mason Kaiser, who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at three-months old and has used a wheelchair for most of his life.Eric Guzmán, Detroit Free Press, 2 Dec. 2024
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The movie features Phoebe-Rae Taylor making her screen debut as Melody, who, similarly to her character, lives with cerebral palsy.Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 29 Nov. 2024
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Walker was diagnosed with a rare form of cerebral palsy (spastic diplegia) at 18 months, forcing him to wear leg braces throughout his childhood.McKinley Franklin, Variety, 13 Sep. 2023
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Spastic diplegia primarily involves the legs, often causing stiff hip and leg muscles.Lauren Sieben, SELF, 22 Mar. 2022
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He was diagnosed with MS at 25 At 25, Cohen was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, an autoimmune disease that targets the central nervous system.Ariana Quihuiz, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
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It is commonly prescribed to treat conditions like multiple sclerosis (MS), spinal cord injury, or stroke.23 Tizanidine and caffeine are both metabolized by the same enzyme, CYP1A2.Emmanuella Ogbonna, Health, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Spastic paralysis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spastic%20paralysis. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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