Overcast 49°
Tag:

Cerebral Palsy

News
Cancer-Fighting Police Departments Unite For Stricken North Jersey Mom, Young Son Cancer-Fighting Police Departments Unite For Stricken North Jersey Mom, Young Son
Cancer-Fighting Police Departments Unite For Stricken North Jersey Mom, Young Son North Jersey single mom Joanne Bastante-Howard has worked tirelessly for years to help provide critical resources for kids who, like her young son, have Down syndrome. Bastante-Howard, a former advertising and marketing whirlwind, is personally responsible for raising more than $100,000 to help obtain critical medical, education and therapeutic services for those in need through the non-profit she founded, America's Special Kidz (A.S.K.). Parents of children with a wide range of circumstances -- including autism spectrum disorders, cerebral palsy, and mitochondrial disease -- have turned t…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
News
Cancer-Fighting Local Bergen Police Departments Unite For Stricken Mom, Young Son Cancer-Fighting Local Bergen Police Departments Unite For Stricken Mom, Young Son
Cancer-Fighting Local Bergen Police Departments Unite For Stricken Mom, Young Son North Jersey single mom Joanne Bastante-Howard has worked tirelessly for years to help provide critical resources for kids who, like her young son, have Down syndrome. Bastante-Howard, a former advertising and marketing whirlwind, is personally responsible for raising more than $100,000 to help obtain critical medical, education and therapeutic services for those in need through the non-profit she founded, America's Special Kidz (A.S.K.). Parents of children with a wide range of circumstances -- including autism spectrum disorders, cerebral palsy, and mitochondrial disease -- have turned t…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Pennsylvania TikToker Stabs Disabled Sister To Death Day After Going Viral, DA Says Pennsylvania TikToker Stabs Disabled Sister To Death Day After Going Viral, DA Says
Pennsylvania TikToker Stabs Disabled Sister To Death Day After Going Viral, DA Says A Pennsylvania teen stabbed her disabled sister to death a day after one of her videos went viral on video sharing app TikTok, authorities and reports say. Claire Miller, 14, was charged as an adult by the the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office with homicide after calling 911 around 1 a.m. Monday saying she had killed her sister. Police arrived at her home where they found Miller in blood-stained pants, and her 19-year-old sister Helen Miller with a fatal stab wound to the neck, the New York Post reports. Helen, who had cerebral palsy and used a wheelchair, was pronounced dea…

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Long Branch Nursing Home Patient Molested By Sex Offender, Lawsuit Alleges Long Branch Nursing Home Patient Molested By Sex Offender, Lawsuit Alleges
Long Branch Nursing Home Patient Molested By Sex Offender, Lawsuit Alleges A registered sex offender allegedly molested patients at a Long Branch nursing home, a lawsuit claims.  The family of a severely-disabled man has filed suit against the nursing home, accusing its operators with failing to protect him, NJ.com reports. William Schymanski, 67, was charged with aggravated criminal sexual contact in May 2018. Monmouth Care Center officials called police to report Schymanski was discovered molesting a patient with cerebral palsy. In a lawsuit filed in Superior Court in Monmouth County, the man’s family says Monmouth Care Center officials were awa…

SHARE

by Jon Craig
Lifestyle
Midland Park Student Struggles To Keep Handicap-Accessible Home Midland Park Student Struggles To Keep Handicap-Accessible Home
Midland Park Student Struggles To Keep Handicap-Accessible Home A wheelchair-bound Midland Park man is turning to the community to help his family during tough financial times. Taylor DeYoung, 18 -- who has cerebral palsy -- has been living in the same Chamberlain Place home nearly all his life with his mom and two grandparents. But his grandmother and grandfather both died within 14 months of each other, and now DeYoung and his mother are trying make up the financial difference. DeYoung had raised more than $1,300 on a Facebook campaign as of Monday morning. DeYoung will continue school at Lincoln Tech.Taylor DeYoung He graduated from Midland Par…

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine
News
Mom Outraged After Bergen County Rink Bars Disabled Teen's Walker From Ice Mom Outraged After Bergen County Rink Bars Disabled Teen's Walker From Ice
Mom Outraged After Bergen County Rink Bars Disabled Teen's Walker From Ice Kateri Sullivan had been looking forward to the ice skating trip with her Midland Park Girl Scout troop. The 13-year-old has cerebral palsy but had an adaptive walker for snow and ice made four years ago that she planned on using. Kateri's hopes of skating with her friends were crushed as soon as she entered Fritz Dietl Ice Rink in Westwood Wednesday, her mom Colleen Orso said. A rink employee called owner Carola Dietl, who told the family over the phone that the walker was prohibited and would pose a threat to other skaters. She also said it was prohibited because the the rink does not h…

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
Bergen Nonprofit Goes Above, Beyond For Single Mom, Wheelchair-Bound Son Bergen Nonprofit Goes Above, Beyond For Single Mom, Wheelchair-Bound Son
Bergen Nonprofit Goes Above, Beyond For Single Mom, Wheelchair-Bound Son Life recently got much easier for a single Passaic County mom and her 10-year-old son with cerebral palsy, thanks to the help from a local organization. Tracy Kulick of Totowa has been mostly on her own in caring for her son Matthew, who is confined to a wheelchair. Both Matthew's father and Tracy's father both passed away, which made things even more difficult -- particularly around the house. Someone had started building a ramp for Tracy and Matthew, but abandoned the project halfway through.  Just before Thanksgiving, though, volunteers from Rebuilding Together North Jersey -- a Glen …

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
Medicaid Won't Cover Closter Boy With Brain Injury When He Needs It More Than Ever Medicaid Won't Cover Closter Boy With Brain Injury When He Needs It More Than Ever
Medicaid Won't Cover Closter Boy With Brain Injury When He Needs It More Than Ever Jax of Closter has a brain injury and cerebral palsy. He has been under continuous medical supervision since the day he was born. The 4-year-old goes to therapy five days a week, is on daily medication, sees two doctors a month but still is turned down for Medicaid coverage because he is not disabled enough. Jax has a surgery next month that will cost the family $15,000 -- even though they are already in extreme medical debt, Claudio Giustino explained on a GoFundMe page for Bella Karacsony, Jax's mom. The page had raised more than $1,300 as of Thursday evening with a goal of $20,000. &qu…

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine