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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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Students with disabilities should continue to be counted in that group for two years after no longer needing services, aligning with how students learning English are followed after services are no longer provided.Yesenia Robles, The Denver Post, 14 Nov. 2024
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In some high-profile cases, people with disabilities have been reportedly pushed towards suicide; euthanasia has arguably been used in the place of a social safety net.The Week, theweek, 10 Nov. 2024
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Speed, distraction, infrastructure and, as a Detroit Free Press/USA Today Network investigation revealed in 2018, the increasing presence of large trucks and SUVs with their higher front ends, have all played a role, along with factors, including darkness and impairment.Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov. 2024
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The filing also details various financial metrics and adjustments, including a goodwill impairment charge of $39,136,871 recorded in the previous year.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 20 Nov. 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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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 neurosurgery team wanted to operate immediately to prevent paraplegia.Tony Dajer, Discover Magazine, 13 June 2024
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My son has cerebral palsy, and the story is relatable on so many levels.Jaclyn Greenberg, Parents, 21 Nov. 2024
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Haddad, an actor with cerebral palsy who uses a walker on stage, plays Georges and Albin’s earnest son Jean-Michel with grit.Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 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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His mother, Marylin Joan Wilson-Moore, died because of multiple sclerosis and a heart condition in 2020.Janine Rubenstein, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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Garr died at the age of 79 due to multiple sclerosis, which was first diagnosed in 1999.Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Spastic paralysis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spastic%20paralysis. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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