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Laura Barrett, 9, who has cerebral palsy, gets physiotherapy for an hour each week at Oshawa's Grandview Rehabilitation and Treatment Centre so that o(...)
Laura Barrett, 9, who has cerebral palsy, gets physiotherapy for an hour each week at Oshawa's Grandview Rehabilitation and Treatment Centre so that o(...)

Laura Barrett, 9, who has cerebral palsy, gets physiotherapy for an hour each week at Oshawa's Grandview Rehabilitation and Treatment Centre so that o(...)

Date5/2/1990
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  • Laura Barrett, 9, who has cerebral palsy, gets physiotherapy for an hour each week at Oshawa's Grandview Rehabilitation and Treatment Centre so that one day she can walk. Here, physiotherapist Marj Kennelly has Laura on the tilt board, designed to get her used being vertical. Please see story, page 9
  • Laura Barrett, 9, who has cerebral palsy, gets physiotherapy for an hour each week at Oshawa's Grandview Rehabilitation and Treatment Centre so that o(...)
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Original Toronto Star caption: Laura Barrett, 9, who has cerebral palsy, gets physiotherapy for an hour each week at Oshawa's Grandview Rehabilitation and Treatment Centre so that one day she can walk. Here, physiotherapist Marj Kennelly has Laura on the tilt board, designed to get her used being vertical. Please see story, page 9
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      Curb climber: Tim Skene, representing the Quebec firm that developed the new wheelchair with a grant from Transport Canada, shows off its curb-climbing ability to Jim Gerrond, a cerebral palsy victim, at the first international Conference on Rehabilitation Engineering at the Sheraton Centre
      Curb climber: Tim Skene, representing the Quebec firm that developed the new wheelchair with a grant from Transport Canada, shows off its curb-climbing ability to Jim Gerrond, a cerebral palsy victim, at the first international Conference on Rehabilitation Engineering at the Sheraton Centre
      Brazao, Dale
      6/18/1980
      Super salesman: Cerebral palsy victim Harry Halpern receives a hug from friend Laura Toniutti after he was honored by the Canadian Cancer Society for his fund-raising efforts
      Super salesman: Cerebral palsy victim Harry Halpern receives a hug from friend Laura Toniutti after he was honored by the Canadian Cancer Society for his fund-raising efforts
      McConnell, Colin
      11/17/1986
      Once rehabilitation program has been determined, girls may be directed to Grandview School
      Once rehabilitation program has been determined, girls may be directed to Grandview School
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      1/31/1968
      Speechless boy gets an Electric Voice, Handicapped by cerebral palsy that leaves him unable to speak, 12-year-old Sam Savone tests a newly-invented de(...)
      Speechless boy gets an Electric Voice, Handicapped by cerebral palsy that leaves him unable to speak, 12-year-old Sam Savone tests a newly-invented de(...)
      Darrell, Dick
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      Bully's target: Cerebral palsy victim Alan Thrasher, 13, attacked by a fellow student at his school two years ago, gets a hug from his mom, Marilyn Thrasher
      Bully's target: Cerebral palsy victim Alan Thrasher, 13, attacked by a fellow student at his school two years ago, gets a hug from his mom, Marilyn Thrasher
      Dunlop, Al
      2/18/1988
      Seeking wider horizons: Sam Savona, who has cerebral palsy, lives around the corner from a subway station, but has never been able to ride the train because he uses a wheelchair
      Seeking wider horizons: Sam Savona, who has cerebral palsy, lives around the corner from a subway station, but has never been able to ride the train because he uses a wheelchair
      McConnell, Colin
      5/25/1989
      Mrs. Elsie Smetana and son Joey work at reading lesson, Joey who has mild cerebral palsy has not been allowed to attend regular classes
      Mrs. Elsie Smetana and son Joey work at reading lesson, Joey who has mild cerebral palsy has not been allowed to attend regular classes
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      2/22/1971
      A family without a home, John Edward Norton sits with his wife, Annie Mae, and 17-year-old daughter Greer who holds their 9-year-old daughter Alwyne, a cerebral palsy victim, in one of the three crowded rooms on the third storey of the Gilbert Hotel in downtown Trenton
      A family without a home, John Edward Norton sits with his wife, Annie Mae, and 17-year-old daughter Greer who holds their 9-year-old daughter Alwyne, a cerebral palsy victim, in one of the three crowded rooms on the third storey of the Gilbert Hotel in downtown Trenton
      Teskey, Frank
      12/14/1971
      Short-lived help: Pat Brett says on Ontario government therapist sent to her home to help with baby Heather, who has cerebral palsy, was taken off the case just as Heather was improving
      Short-lived help: Pat Brett says on Ontario government therapist sent to her home to help with baby Heather, who has cerebral palsy, was taken off the case just as Heather was improving
      Dunlop, Al
      1/20/1983
      'I need my wheelchair to move', That's Mark speaking, stage veteran of Kids on the Block, who has cerebral palsy
      'I need my wheelchair to move', That's Mark speaking, stage veteran of Kids on the Block, who has cerebral palsy
      Russell, Jim
      10/27/1989
      You'd really like to do it all for him but that way he'll never try anything, says Pat Campbell, right, holding Matthew who has cerebral palsy, with Helle cooper and her son Ryan
      You'd really like to do it all for him but that way he'll never try anything, says Pat Campbell, right, holding Matthew who has cerebral palsy, with Helle cooper and her son Ryan
      Beaty, Keith
      3/21/1978
      Converted electric golf cart his father made for him gives 40-year-old cerebral palsy victim George Empringham freedom of the town. I feel sorry for o(...)
      Converted electric golf cart his father made for him gives 40-year-old cerebral palsy victim George Empringham freedom of the town. I feel sorry for o(...)
      McConnell, Colin
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