At 16, Wyatt Spalding has clear goals and ambitions. He wants to go to college and become a basketball coach. He wants to qualify in tennis for the Special Olympics World Games and in basketball for the national games. Now with the help of a small device called a WalkAide, the Fremont teen is making more strides toward achieving his goals. Wyatt and his twin brother, Weston, were born two months premature. Wyatt's trachea and esophagus were connected…

The recurrence of cerebral palsy in the same family is uncommon. We, however, report on two families with two or more affected siblings. In both families, numerous potential risk factors were identified including environmental, obstetric, and possible maternal effects. We hypothesize that multiple risk factors may lead to the increased risk of recurrence of cerebral palsy in families. Intrinsic and maternal risk factors should be investigated in…

Doctors told Lisa Sexton that her firstborn son, Tyler, would be in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. Twenty-five years later, the boy who doctors expected to never walk is himself a doctor, and his mother couldn’t be more proud. Their journey to acceptance, courage and determination, however, was a long painful one, which they chronicled in a book entitled, “God Bless These Little Legs.” The 110-page…