Sister hits out at Alton Towers staff after carrying girl with cerebral palsy off rollercoaster

‘Dear Alton Towers, ‘Yesterday (28th September 2020) I spent my Birthday at your theme park. On your website, it states Alton Towers wants to “help guests with additional needs have a fabulous and unforgettable experience”. It certainly was an “unforgettable” day for all the wrong reasons. I went with my girlfriend Lucy and my sister … Read more

Boy, 10, with cerebral palsy ‘melts hearts’ of GMB viewers after raising over £50,000

A boy with cerebral palsy who was inspired by Colonel Tom Moore to walk 100 times up the road with his walker by his tenth birthday today completed his final lap, and has raised over £50,000 for charity.   Ethan Beadrow, ten, from Manchester, who can’t stand unaided, appeared on Good Morning Britain alongside his mum Catherine … Read more

Touching moment a little girl, 4, with cerebral palsy takes her first steps

Touching moment a little girl, 4, with cerebral palsy takes her first steps after her single mother spent a year teaching her how to walk Kinley Jones, four, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, was diagnosed at age two with cerebral palsy The disability affects motor skills and some sufferers are unable to walk But her determined mother, … Read more

Thousands of facial palsy patients left disfigured for life because doctors failed to spot it

As a trained Army sniper in peak physical condition, Marcus Horton was ready for action in a war zone at a moment’s notice.  But nothing could have prepared him for the agonising battle he faced after waking one morning in January 2017 to find the whole right side of his face had completely collapsed, leaving … Read more