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Cerebral Palsy

Ringwood Rallies After Family Loses Home In Fire Ringwood Rallies After Family Loses Home In Fire
Ringwood Rallies After Family Loses Home In Fire The Sanders family has been displaced following a fire to their Ringwood home and the community is coming together to help. A fundraiser has been created by Nancy Minunni to assist Jean and Steven Sanders, and their two kids, Steve and Joe.  Joe has cerebral palsy and funds will go toward replacing his physical and medical equipment. As of Wednesday, Dec. 27, more than $15,000 has been raised. We would like to wish all of you the happiest of holidays! I spoke with Jean today, she wanted me to express her... Posted by Sue Rosenhaus Fajen on Sunday, December 24, 2023 "They are…
Cancer-Fighting NJ Police Departments Unite For Stricken Mom, Young Son Cancer-Fighting NJ Police Departments Unite For Stricken Mom, Young Son
Cancer-Fighting NJ 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…
Cancer-Fighting NJ Police Departments Unite For Stricken Mom, Young Son Cancer-Fighting NJ Police Departments Unite For Stricken Mom, Young Son
Cancer-Fighting NJ 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…
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…
Bloomfield Parents: Nurse Scalded Genitals, Back Of Daughter With Cerebral Palsy Bloomfield Parents: Nurse Scalded Genitals, Back Of Daughter With Cerebral Palsy
Bloomfield Parents: Nurse Scalded Genitals, Back Of Daughter With Cerebral Palsy Parents from Bloomfield are seeking justice saying their daughter with cerebral palsy was left to suffer when a nurse put her in a scalding shower -- leaving her with burns on her backside and private areas. Maeylines Quinones, 21 -- who uses a wheelchair and cannot speak -- reportedly suffered severe burns after she was placed into burning hot water by her nurse at Bayada Home Health Care, Veronica Sandoval, on Oct. 10, 2019. Sandoval had been using a hoisting device to give Quinones a shower at her Bloomfield home, her parents say. Vanessa Quinones rushed her daughter to t…
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…