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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

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

Date2/18/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: 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.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0026176F
      Helpless prey: Tony Diamanti, 27, of Weston Rd., a victim of cerebral palsy who uses a pointer attached to his head to communicate with a word board and operate a computer keyboard, was attacked about noon Saturday in the intersection of Weston and Lawren
      Helpless prey: Tony Diamanti, 27, of Weston Rd., a victim of cerebral palsy who uses a pointer attached to his head to communicate with a word board and operate a computer keyboard, was attacked about noon Saturday in the intersection of Weston and Lawren
      Goode, Jeff
      3/10/1987
      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
      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
      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
      11/20/1977
      Cerebral Palsy Victim David Gillis, 15, sits on bicycle rack at the Salvation Army's Broadview Village from where his specially made tricycle was stol(...)
      Cerebral Palsy Victim David Gillis, 15, sits on bicycle rack at the Salvation Army's Broadview Village from where his specially made tricycle was stol(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      6/22/1977
      Spastic cerebral palsy victim David Freeman may have an incurable disease but his hit play Creeps shows that he has not lost his sense of humor. The p(...)
      Spastic cerebral palsy victim David Freeman may have an incurable disease but his hit play Creeps shows that he has not lost his sense of humor. The p(...)
      Freeman, David, 1945-2012
      2/12/1971
      Alberto Jesus, a cerebral palsy victim and student at Tabor Park Vocational School in Scarborough, sits at the hand controls of the car driving instru(...)
      Alberto Jesus, a cerebral palsy victim and student at Tabor Park Vocational School in Scarborough, sits at the hand controls of the car driving instru(...)
      Beaty, Keith
      6/7/1978
      An open house thanked people with open hearts who raised $1,400 for wheelchair for Chris Van Santon, 15, a victim of cerebral palsy. His mother, Lori,(...)
      An open house thanked people with open hearts who raised $1,400 for wheelchair for Chris Van Santon, 15, a victim of cerebral palsy. His mother, Lori,(...)
      Barkley, Harold
      9/17/1977
      Normal family life can be lived by cerebral palsy victims, if they are independent and can find work, say Nancy and Jim Mawhinney, photographed here with their children, Kelly, 3, next to her mother, Danny, 7, on his father's right knee, and Shawn, 6
      Normal family life can be lived by cerebral palsy victims, if they are independent and can find work, say Nancy and Jim Mawhinney, photographed here with their children, Kelly, 3, next to her mother, Danny, 7, on his father's right knee, and Shawn, 6
      Darrell, Dick
      5/24/1971
      Eskimo rock singer, Willie Thrasher
      Eskimo rock singer, Willie Thrasher
      Combs, Erin
      6/16/1975
      An Ambitious, self-taught guitar player, Willy Thrasher last night gave a performance at the Ontario Institute, For Studies in Education on the same b(...)
      An Ambitious, self-taught guitar player, Willy Thrasher last night gave a performance at the Ontario Institute, For Studies in Education on the same b(...)
      Combs, Erin
      6/16/1975
      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
      9/22/1970