becky tyler, from crawley in west sussex, has severe quadriplegic cerebral palsy.gy, asked her mother to find out what happened during her birth. their search revealed mistakes they never knew about contributed to her being starved of oxygen. earlier, becky and her mum told their story to chloe tilley on the victoria derbyshire programme. when she was born, she was very nearly stillborn. nobody was expecting that at all. everybody went into shock. it was quite a difficult time. becky was born with her on the umbilical cord around her neck, she was blue? around her neck three times and around her body once. she was navy blue. it was when becky was seven months old that you got a diagnosis? what did that do to you and your husband‘s and becky‘s world? when we first heard the words cerebral palsy, we did not know that much about it. we were shocked and devastated to start with. then as the news sank in i think we realised that it is the same baby we have known for the last seven months. we love becky. and having those words in her life would open the door for us to ge

so i asked my mum how i got my cerebral palsy. just one of those things and that it could not have been predicted, because this is what the doctors have told her. mum found out we could do an investigation. and thatis we could do an investigation. and that is how we found out what had really happened. i think all children with disabilities will want to know why they are disabled when they are old enough to understand it. so i would say to parents that don't know how their child got cerebral palsy, that they can get it investigated. i wanted to know the answers. understandably. it is incredible that you asked that question at ten. it shows how bright you are. becky is studying for her gcse exams at the moment, she is a clever girl. jane, you are the family's lawyer, and it was so important that becky asked that question, right? that's right. which came to visit me and asked if i could look into that case it was because becky had asked that question. —— when she came to. as faras question. —— when she came to. as far as they were aw

lee ridley, who suffers from cerebral palsy, has previously won the bbc news comedy award.rform at the royal variety performance. time now for all the sports news, in sport today. hello. this is sport today live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: novak djokovic moves through to the french open quarter finals after a straight—sets victory over spain's fernando verdasco. brazil score twice in the second half to see off croatia 2—0 at anfield in their penultiumate friendly before the world cup. and after blowing a seven—shot lead, ariya jutanugarn eventually wins the us women's open in alabama on the fourth play—off hole. hello, and welcome to the programme. we start with tennis, and the news that novak djokovic is through to the quarter—finals of the french open after a straight—sets victory over spain's fernando verdasco. the 31—year—old serb, seeded 20th, has reached the last eight at roland garros for a 12th time, an open era record, as he continues his comeback following an injury riddled past 12 months.

the 9-year-old suffers from cerebral palsy. >> when we first got him, he couldn't talk.en infant. he was abused by his care giver. prior to that, he was totally normal. once we got him, he loved the hear the music. feel the rhythms of the music. so, yeah, i would spend a lot of my time with him, communicating with him through song. roddy, you did it! yeah! >> yeah, roddy. >> yeah. >> he is pretty amazing. the next time we get to hear michael sing is with the live show on the 14th. >>> promo considerations provided by -- >>> only about 10% of my stuff is based on me being brown. the other 90% is based on my issues with white people. >> hat is british comedian romesh ranganathan. making a first appearance with james corden. >> he has his own do krurks series on show time. >> thursday. >> thursday. >> yes, thursday. yes. >> thursday, we're in. >> jam pops up in the series. they became friends in the uk. now romesh is trying to conquer the u.s. >> we you have to put the buttons up here. maybe you're frightened to show your boobs. >> i would say my participation in the show s

. >> i have cerebral palsy.orse doesn't judge you, on how hard you try and they judge on your success and feelings and they want to help you. >> everyone is looking for new outlets in which to address things that they have encountered, whether it is in combat or in training. the technique of equine that therapy is challenging that it is being tackled differently today. >> you are changing people's lives. >> i hope so. i like to help however i can. i think our most vulnerable population is also one of our most special populations, especially our vets. >> those are gorgeous creatures, aren't they? >> they are. >> wow! >> i know. >> a couple of questions. you mentioned the barn owner has yet to break even. >> let me tell you, everyone knows just owning a horse, if you have one it is expensive. and now imagine having about 20 horses and you have a barn and land. for stacy edwards and she is my -- my champion for change, more than $70,000 in operating costs a year. now she takes in some money for lessons that she tea

>> this waiver process from the has a quality brief if somebody wants cerebral palsy want to come to the united states to save her life the 10-year-old was denied a waiver justice breyer he said there is 430 people that got waivers they never tell you the denominator or the discussion of the process or how often it is in the data we have was matter just to give you some evidence of that that the state of hawaii has 1000 people people that say we are not even getting waivers. >> this is a question of remedies we have this nationwide not limited to relief of parties or even a class-action near as i can tell that set development where a district court reserves the right to strike do aal stute with regard to anybody anywhere in the world. what do we do about that? the next this has been supported by the court and others and they share your impulse that is something now in the context of the contraception case i think because of united states versus texas that this is an immigration case to put congress in the drivers seat to be formal so i think for those but with the supreme court does

the 9-year-old suffers from cerebral palsy. >> when we first got him, he couldn't talk.sed by his care giver. prior to that, he was totally normal. once we got him, he loved the hear the music. feel the rhythms of the music. so, yeah, i would spend a lot of my time with him, communicating with him through song. roddy, you did it! yeah! >> yeah, roddy. >> yeah. >> he is pretty amazing. the next time we get to hear michael sing is with the live show on the 14th. next on kron-4 news at eight: cal- fire blaming p-g&e for sparking at least a dozen wildfires which destroyed thousands of acres, and thousands of homes in northern california. how the power company is responding tonight.plus... the warriors are on the brink of their third championship in four years.we are live at a ápacked oracle arena where rabid dubs fans are hoping their team brings home the gold.plus... new numbers in the race for san francisco mayor.and it's still too close to call. i'm vicki liviakis i'm pam moore. the news -- at eight -- is next. >>> promo considerations provided by -- >>> only about 10% of

was born with cerebral palsy. curious how that impacted your relationship as a trio. >> it affected the whole family environment. whatever circumstances he grew up in, you consider normal. was veryfor us, it no-nonsense. disadvantaged, unfortunate piece of luck. you ju figure out what the game plan is to overcome it and you work to make that happen. he walks and runs and swims and cycles. that took a lot of work. wallowing in self-pity or anything like that. both of our parents were entrepreneurs. people sometimes ask us what inspired us to become much of earners. for us, it was the normal thing. i see it as a theme running through our upbringing in general. this no-nonsense way in which both he and our parents approach it, i find it inspiring. to keep perspective. the challenges of building a fast growing company. seeing the work that he has invested, over decades, -- >> what is your advice for aspiring entrepreneurs? or people who want to do it you do. >> the first thing is you don't have to be here. that is ver

a comedian who has cerebral palsy and uses a voice synthesiser to speak won last night's final of theorming — he felt as if he'd finally found his voice. lizo mzimba reports. i started off in a disabled steps tribute band. ramps. just one of the jokes that helped lost voice guy win britain's got talent. the comedian who has cerebral palsy and speaks with a voice synthesizer has been talked about more and more over the past few years since he began his stand—up career in 2012. i really am disabled and i'm not just in it for the parking space. how important is it to see people on big shows like britain's got talent being portrayed in this particular way? if anything it encourages disabled people to get their voices out there. it's a bonus. lost voice guy will now get to play the royal variety performance. he'll also be preparing to return to the edinburgh fringe where he's regularly performed in recent years. raise your hand if you can tell that i have a slight disability. it's the hair isn't it? with so few people with disabilities being portrayed positively on tv lost voice guy's succ

emily: he was born with cerebral palsy. i'm curious how that impacted your relationship as a trio? affected the whole family environment. as a kid, growing up, whatever circumstances you had, you consider normal. for him, and for our family, it was very no-nonsense. this is a disadvantage or sort of an unfortunate piece of luck, we will figure out the game plan to overcome it and work to make it happen to her he walks, he runs, swims, cycles. again that took a lot of work. ,but there was no wallowing in self-pity or anything like that. as john mentioned, both of our parents were entrepreneurs. sometimes people ask us what inspired us to become entrepreneurs? for us, it was the normal thing. i see it as a theme running through our upbringing in general. the no-nonsense way in which both he and our parents approached it. i find them inspiring, honestly. it helps keep it in perspective the challenges of building a fast-growing company. seeing the work that he has invested over the course of decades, it keeps and in perspective. emily: what is your advice for aspiring entrepreneurs, or

. >> reporter: for example, ideo consulted people with cerebral palsy. the designers found that touch scr weeked best for them. and, it turned out, touch screens worked best for most mccarty says that's typical. itveral of the products in the cooper hewitt exhiere originally intended for someone with a disability but ended up being useful for many; like this smartphone app made by mayaan ziv, who has muscular dystrophy and found it difficult to find information about whether she could access buildings iher wheelchair. >> one can put an address in it ywhere in the world. is it accessible? are the restrooms accessible? t patio accessible? just remember, if you are perhaps a parent pushith a stroller, same needs apply to them. >> reporter: in products used primarily by someone with a disality, like wheelchairs, mccarty says users are getting more choices and more features. >> for so long, wheelchairs were viewed as just a place to sit, sort of one size fits l. >> reporter: now, for example, there's this wheelchair, made specifically for people in the develo

cerebral palsy was something that was not much discussed?e towards cerebral palsy and all disabilities. the thing about disability, i've always found, once people know you they forget about the disability. pretty quickly. humour is a wonderful way of dealing with what was a taboo subject until recently, and that is what you do, i know. yes. you look at other people's attitudes? i'm more interested in other people's attitudes which range from over helpfulness to attacking. every range. you get every range of emotion as a disabled person. but lee winning, that will be so nice for the integrity of disability. nice, as well, because he's a nice quy- nice, as well, because he's a nice guy. he's a very nice guy. and i think that comes across in his set. really well. just how nice he is. he doesn't have a voice, and yet the humour shines through! how does that work? you would have to ask him. he does a lot with his face. even though he is just... does a lot with his face. even though he isjust... even though he is typing into a machine, he's very e

becky tyler has severe quadriplegic cerebral palsy and was born starved of oxygen at east surrey hospitalgroup of mps are so concerned they're launching an inquiry into the sustainability of the fashion industry. 70 years after the first caribbean migrants arrived on the empire windrush to help rebuild britain — a thanksgiving service will be held later today.

and cerebral palsy. a very interesting story. we went to see you and your tux in person.is 15 minutes until the top of the hour and he gave us an inside look at how agents keep our borders say vandergriff jenkins, how immigrants gain asylum the legal way. ♪ >> the song is you have an umbrella today after the sun comes up on rainy streets. thank you for joining us. and inside look at the frontlines of the border yesterday, and griff jenkins takes us behind-the-scenes of how the asylum seeking is done the legal way and in texas with more. >> reporter: remember the administration, if you do not want your family to be separated then do it the legal way and that is to come to a port of entry and start the process. carlos rodriguez to get a closer look. >> we are located at other ports of entry. >> we are in the middle of the bridge, mexicans, the us is there. whether you are an american citizen coming b the business or central american company that intends to flee persecution, they would all come this way. >> this is the first place and asylum-seekers would come. >> they would

a comedian who has cerebral palsy and uses a voice synthesiser to speak has won the final of the itvas lost voice guy, will receive a £250,000 prize and a spot at the royal variety performance. he said that when performing, he felt as if he'd finally found his voice. i started off in a disabled steps tribute band. we were called ramps. cheering and applause. congratulations, lee, the lost voice guy. our entertainment correspondent, lizo mzimba, is with me. it's a significant win, this? yes, let's remember he won because he's a very funny comedian with a great track record. he won the bbc‘s new comedy award in 2014. he's had a sitcom on radio 4. but with people with disabilities being so underrepresented on screens, it will be seen inevitably by many as really symbolic, seeing him win in front of millions of viewers on a programme like britain's got talent. look into the future, some have done better than others. two have had films made about them. pudsey the dog. susan boyle, who came second to diversity, she didn't win but she sold millions of records globally since her appearance o

i also want to say that my daughter is disabled with cerebral palsy who attends bessie carmichael, and if we could just remember and include our children with special needs. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker, come on down. >> hi. my name is becky gershon. and i work for the san francisco food bang. we are asking for funding to help meet one of the most basic needs for seniors and people with disabilities living on a low-income, and that's food. there are thousands of people on wait lists for home delivered groceries, home delivered meals, and on a daily basis, people are being turned around from hot meal sites. this is absolutely a solvable problem with appropriate funding, $8.3 million with all of these asks combined. we really appreciated budget that was allocate -- funding that is allocated by the budget funding this morning, but we also want to highlight those that weren't funded, for example congregate meal sites and funded meals. we want to thank the supervisors for the programs that you funded over the last few years, and we ask that you take the critical s

she decided to take action after recent trip with her nine- year-old son who has cerebral palsy.strooms more accessible. since her campaign, more families have come forward expressing their concerns. >>> self-service kiosks are expanding at mcdonald's. mcdonald's is adding the kiosks to 1000 of its restaurants each quarter for the next two years. customers will have an option to order and pay through your mobile device, as well. the self-service option was first offered by mcdonald's about two years ago. >>> there is a new few between president trump and the nfl. when we come back, the reason the white house canceled the visit for the super bowl champs at the very last minute and why whoever wins the nba championship. we will hear from but the warriors and the cavaliers. >>> welcome back to "mornings on 2". let's go back to our election coverage, starting with some of the district attorney racist. in alameda county, with less than a third of the votes counted, incumbent nancy o'malley is leading the race ahead of her challenger, pamela price by 28 percentage points. >> the race f

. >> i have cerebral palsy. i realize with horseback riding the horses don't judge who you are., like, try. they judge on your success. they judge on your feelings. they want to help you. >> everyone is looking for new outlets in which to address things that they have encountered, whether in combat or in training. the technique of equine therapy has advanced so much that challenges are just being tackled differently today. >> i mean, you are changing people's lives. >> i hope so. i like to help however i can. i think our most vulnerable population is also one of our most special populations, especially our vets. >> and thanks to stacey edwards at seg and to nikki beverage at rock creek park for helping so many vets and so many others by way of horse therapy. and you can see more inspirational stories during the champions for change one-hour special tonight, 8:00 p.m. >>> and tomorrow on an all new "united shades of america," heads north to canada. >> what is the biggest difference between canada and the united states of america? >> in canada people are informed on what's going o

. >> i have cerebral palsy.ze with horseback riding, the horses don't judge you about who you are. they judge you on your success, they judge you on your feelings, they want to help you. >> everyone is looking for new outlets in which to address things they have encountered, whether in combat or in training. the technique of equine therapy has advanced so much that challenges are just being tackled differently today. i mean, you are changing people's lives. >> i hope so. i like to help however i can. i think our most population are our most special population, special counsel the among our vets. >> the relationship with these horses is amazing. be sure to watch "champions for change", a one-hour special this saturday at 1:00 p.m. >>> "united shades of america" airs tonight at 10:00 p.m., and he takes us to his state of alabama to explore his family roots. roots. he joins us live with a preview. joint assets. now you're so busy soaking up all this attention, you don't see the car in front of you. and if i can cra

132,000 military families who have children with exceptional needs, autism, mental health issues, cerebral palsy etc. with, getting them trained the reform of the defense health agency so that we no longer have three independent health services army, navy and air force we now have a defense administration andefenseadminisl harassment and assault policy that sends a clear message the military of the united states has changed. everyone who signs up for service deserves dignity and protection and finally, to show how we've moved, the secretary of defense has uncovered my office to take charge of what he considers to be his most important project and that is the close combat task force that takes a deep look into how we train, equip and fight our front-line forces, or infantry forces for 85 to 90% of the casualties take place. coming from the secretary, there'thereis probably no greatr assignment anyone can have, and i am honored that he gave me the responsibility to help him on that. >> you've acknowledged earlier in your speech you were surprised how many told you they'd ever seen the secretary in

a 10-year-old girl with cerebral palsy who was denied a waiver when she was sought one. what am i talking about when i talk about waivers? essentially the proclamation has a scheme that says, if you are covered by the ban, if you are not exempt, you may demonstrate eligibility for a waiver and still be admitted on a visa if you can show undue hardship if you're denied entry. that your entry is in the national interest. and there is no national security concern. so those were the three thresholds, criteria that were in the waiver scheme. i have to say i find the waiver scheme itself a clash with the immigration statute. congress has already written an elaborate form of what waivers look like staff torle and -- statutorily and here a president has come in to set a new standard to apply to people who are otherwise covered by the ban. and then, of course, justice soto may yor's dissent which -- which was -- she gave a lot more air time to the statements that were made by the president both pre and postinauguration and she was a little critical about the majority's rejection

132,000 military families who have children with exceptional needs, autism, mental health issues, cerebral palsy, et cetera. getting in train the reform of the defense health agency so that we no longer have three independent health services, army, navy and air force. we now have a defense health administration. and the sexual harassment and assault policy, which sends a clear message that the military of the united states has changed, that everyone who signs up for service deserves dignity and protection. and finally, to show how p & r has moved, the secretary of defense has empowered my office to take charge of what he considers to be his most important project. and that is the close combat task force. that is the task force that takes the very deep look into how we train, equip and fight our front line forces, our infantry forces, where 85 to 90% of the casualties take place. coming from secretary mattis, there is probably no greater assignment than anyone could have, and i'm honored that he gave me the responsibility to help him on that. >> you acknowledged in your testimony earlier in your

. >> when he mocked "the new york times" reporter that had cerebral palsy that's it i rember that. >>sting. had dinner about two monthago with a gentleman who's 74 years of age, came here at the age of 20 from hungary broke. he's now worth about $14 billion. he said he saw what socialism did to hungary it destroyed the country america was heading down a socialism path with obama. trump reversed that. that's good. there's a way of doing things and not doing things i would say the style concerns me and ref a referendum in november. >> you can't do it if you don't get elected. romney couldn't get elected and trump, you know, somehow appealed to enough democrats or whatever they were on the populist message to actually get in to be able to do those things it's looking a gift horse in the mouth. if you're saying we would have never reversed another slide into socialism if hillary clinton got elected -- >> look. i told this gentleman -- i did not vote for president trump okay i didn't vote for hillary clinton. i wrote in mitt romney but if three years from today trump ran again and the best

his winning act lost voice guy wowed the judges with a hilarious take on his cerebral palsy.ast during one of his first gigs at his hometown of newcastle six years ago how he planned on making the most of his disability. i started off in a disabled steps tribute band called ramps. he was in with us one time. he told us about how he planned to make the most of it. it was my dream job. ijust thought it was a dream. eventually i decided to give it a go because i knew i would regret it if i did not. i think it is better to embrace my disability, both good and bad parts, and let people see what it is like. many people are seeing his performance now. congratulations. good morning. did you see the familiar face in the crowd of britain's got talent? did you see judy murray? not getting much sleep because she will be here later. we can talk to her about that. a great night. a great winner. speaking of winners. england's cricketers finally have a test match victory. after eight matches without one, they beat pakistan by an innings an 55 runs to draw the series. but captain joe root say