>> my daughter christine was born with cerebral palsy.d, but things changed in high school. high school was difficult for christine. she was ridiculed and isolated by her classmates. but at just 15 years old, christine decided to take her bad experience and turn it into a mission to help people by creating kids for kids, a disability awareness educational workshop that teaches what makes us different makes us beautiful. in 2002, christine graduated from st. joseph's university with a b.a. in elementary education. she was not sure what she would do after graduation. she went to a summer performing arts program for people with disabilities in maine. when we went to see christine's performance, i noticed a huge change. she was more confident and independent than i had ever seen before. christine's brothers are in the children's summer camp industry and knew that a similar program was needed in the philadelphia area. christine knew exactly what she wanted to do. in 2004, christine created acting without boundaries, a unique year-round theater

she rose like a skyscraper by the age of four only to have cerebral palsy. >> it's like someone who was able to dance and someone who lost the ability. whatever we did we never had. so we don't know what we're losing or gaining. >> the first eyes she laid eyes on was her father. that meant attending college when others said no. >> don't expect to stay here. you don't even have to unpack your trunk because you're going to get out in two weeks. >> reporter: she would walk across the stage to get her masters and walk down the highly to mary the second man she ever loved -- michael. >> we've been married over 50 years. then he passed away. >> reporter: together they became the first challenged couple in our state to adopt challenged children all the while she was working as a speech pathologist for the same doctor who told her she had cp. the place would become kennedy krieger. >> i actually worked with kids who talked for the first time. it knocks you out. i would dismiss them and go in the bathroom and cry. >> reporter: she has the ability to inspire. she never understood why she was trea

radio shack, he spent hundreds of hours building a surprise gift for his sister who suffers from cerebral palsy. >> holding a book is difficult for her. >> reporter: he wanted to give her the gift of reading through the popular kindle reader. since her disease has destroyed the motor control in her hands, it was hard to use. >> it's a great device for reading but requires dexterity which she doesn't have. >> reporter: so he set out to build control panel. then marrying it to the circuitry sooch much more works. >> i didn't use their keyboard at all. then through a lengthy trial and error process figured out how their keyboard worked. >> then cracking the software to make the key bord work. glen was able to bring the device to his sister. a moment he captured on home video. >> the wear this works here, we've got a number of buttons down here that basically will control the kindle for you. >> after few minutes of trail and error she was turning the pages of a virtual book. >> pretty cool. [ laughter ] >> using his sister's feedback he is now working on streamlining the design because his ultimate

. >> after taking a fall, school officials say the girl who suffers from cerebral palsy has to use her wheelchair now. the mother says this is hindering her daughter's efforts to become more independent. >> do you see that? we have to make a step. >> to christy roberts this is a miracle. >> and she's off. >> five years ago when the houston area mom adopted her daughter le kay born with cerebral palsy and epilepsy doctors offered this prognosis. >> she may never walk. she may never talk. she may never show emotion. fix your feet. >> reporter: there's been significant progress. christy says la hey's language is developing and for two years she has been using a walker instead of a wheelchair. but three weeks ago christy was delivering her daughter to class. she says school officials told her she could no longer use the walker at school because the little girl had recently fallen in the parking lot. the news was devastating to christy who believes if le kay can't use her walker at school and is limited to her wheelchair it is like a step back in her daughter's quest for independence. >> if

she cannot take the medication that i have to buy to keep her mobile because she has cerebral palsy. so do not pay your inflated water bill of $532, or do i take care of my child? >> she is one of several residents claiming they had been overbuild. >> they said i used 1960 gallons of water a day for three people. everyone knows right there that is not right. >> the city admitted it has over built thousands of customers. according to the audit, there were no actual meter readings for 4.5 years. city council president jack young has introduced a resolution calling for a two- year moratorium on seizing property based solely on unpaid water charges. >> i am concerned that our residents could potentially lose their homes because our system is not billing incorrectly. >> they said they have hired more employees to improve the system and promised to update the reading and billing system in the future. >> we want to ensure that customers get fair, accurate, timely bills. >> according to officials, right now the only estimated bills are on meters that are not accessible at this point. that in

a skyscraper at the age of four only to slip into a wheelchair for the rest of her life with cerebral palsybarbara is bidding tell today at 7 . >> whatever we did, we never had. so we didn't know whether we were losing or gaining. >> the first man she ever laid eyes on was her father. >> i have been all over the world. >> that meant attending college when others that no. >> don't expect to stay here. you don't even have to unpack your truck. >> she would walk across the stage to get her masters and then, walk down the aisle to marry the second man she ever loved, michael. >> together, they became the first challenged couple in our state to adopt challenged children. all the while, she was working at is a speech pathologist for the same doctor that told her she had cp. the place would grow to be -- become kennedy krieger. >> i had actually worked with kids who talk for the first time. it knocks you out. i would just go and cry. >> she has the ability to inspire. she never understood why she was looked at differently, talk to differently, or treated differently. but then again, she never unde

the street and ask folks what's the most significant disability, you'll get mental retardation, cerebral palsy, autism. all sorts of different things. in fact it is head injury and it's such a disability because it cradles and affects people of all age categories and as a result individuals with this type of disability have to interface with a lot of different governmental programs over their time as a survivor of brain injury and as someone on the panel has already -- someone on the committee already mentioned, individuals with brain injuries are in fact surviving and they are thriving to the extent that they can get services that they need. in the early '80s, families began advocating for states to provide rehabilitation and other services and there are so many different needs for people with brain injuries, there really are no two individuals with brain injuries who are just the same. we also have the mild, moderate and severe classification of brain injury, which makes it in my experience a little less clear cut. in many other forms of disability, we can quite clearly state what the extent

born deaf, blind and with cerebral palsy. >> physical contact is the only thing she knows.o i lost lizzie. >> at delaware, alaina played no basketball for a year, astounding fan, until the passion for the sport she loved was too much to ignore. but win or lose, alaina will return home once again. her purpose now clear. bearing a soft kiss for her sister. >>> alaina is the star of her team. she led them to victory in 31 games. they lost just one. they play again tonight, and you can watch the game on espn2 or espn3 at 9:30 eastern time or 6:30 pacific. >>> coming up, does this picture help solve the mystery of what happened to amelia earhart? tonight hillary clinton is trying to crack the cold case. i used to love hearing that phrase... but not since i learned i have... postmenopausal osteoporosis and a high risk for fracture. i want to keep acting but a broken bone could change that. so my doctor and i chose prolia® to reduce my risk of fractures. prolia® is proven to help make bones stronger. proven to help increase bone density. i take prolia®. it's different. it's two sh

benefit from a 10 year old child who can hardly walk, cannot toilet himself, because she has cerebral palsy? easy truly proud? >> this government is not cutting the money that is going into disability benefits. we are replacing, we are replacing disability living allowance with a personal independence payment. and someone who is filled out the forms for disability living allowance and had a child with several palsy, i know how long it takes to fill in the form. we will have a proper medical test so people who are disabled or need that help give it more quickly. [shouting] >> mr. speaker, on friday -- >> order. i say to the honorable gentleman from brighton they will stay silent and that sort of noise is not acceptable in this forum. >> thank you, mr. speaker. on friday, two of the best of the police came to see me about the life-threatening effects of a new legal high called black mombo on the life of a 13-yard and my constituency. it is the latest high being sold on our street in uk. cannot ask my right honorable friend now that we have regulations that allow us to act swiftly to ban dange

benefit from a 10 year old child who can hardly walk, cannot toilet himself, because she has cerebral palsy? easy truly proud? >> this government is not cutting the money that is going into disability benefits. we are relacing, we are replacing disability living allowance with a personal independence payment. and someone who is filled out the forms for disability living allowance and had a child with several palsy, i know how long it takes to fill in the form. we will have a proper medical test so people who are disabled or need that help give it more quickly. [shouting] >> mr. speaker, on friday -- >> order. i say to the honorable gentleman from brighton they will stay silent and that sort of noise is not acceptable in this forum. >> thank you, mr. speaker. on friday, two of the best of the police came to see me about the life-threatening effects of a new legal high called black mombo on the life of a 13-yard and my constituency. it is the latest high being sold on our street in uk. cannot ask my right honorable friend now that we have regulations that allow us to act swiftly to ban danger

. >>> bay area law enforcement officers are trying to find a teenager with cerebral palsy and other medical issues. police say this young teenager 15-year-old andre seine colon is 5'1", 111 pounds and uses crutches. police say he is at-risk because he should take medication twice a day and he has no medicine with him. anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to contact police immediate will l. a san josi apartment is at the center of one of the biggest drug busts in u.s. history. as ktvu's janine de la vega reports the millions of dollars of drugs were all recently discovered because of a stolen ipad. >> reporter: apartment 101 insided woods apartment complex is sealed off, federal authorities say inside they found boxes and boxes of methamphetamine, 750 pounds of it. the drug which looks like this has a history street value. >> 34 million worth of methamphetamine. >> wow, that is really amazing. >> reporter: the drug enforcement administration or dea says palo alto police were investigating a case of stolen ipad as the apartment thursday had they found the drugs. it was packaged

. >> holy cerebral palsy lack how big it is. >>reporter: vailt tornado. roaring through south east michigan. >> my god. go go go go. >>reporter: one of 3 rare march tornadoes. >> oh, my gosh. >>reporter: chris and eric rode one out in their car inside a car wash. sparks flying. tl debris swirling around them. they prayed. >> help protect us. be with us lord please. we just went through a tornado. >>reporter: security camera capturing that garage door blowing in as the twister passed by. slicing through the neighborhood. britney run to her bathroom for cover. >> you don't even have enough time to pray or kiss yourself goodbye. it's just sit there and witness and just hope that you are going to be there at the end. >> i lost my home. i'm devastated. >>reporter: mercedes took shelter in her basement and when she came out. >> i saw my neighbor and i saw that the house water again. >>reporter: her neighbor home shattered. is that how you came out. >> yes. where i came out. still raining and hailing. >>reporter: today the pieces of his life scattered and water

. >> i'm frances merrill and my disability is cerebral palsy. >> reporter: the law is designed to give people like frances equal access and independence. she comes to this pool in san jose which has shallow steps and a wheelchair ramp instead of a chair lift to help ease her nearly constant pain. >> with the ramp and lifts, that will help everybody stay independent and to be able to feel confident that they can do it themselves. >> reporter: the u.s. justice department says about 50 million americans with disabilities will now have greater access to facilities like this and dana, it's not just people with disabilities. a lot of relatively able-bodied seniors would have a little bit of difficulty coming up one of these, you know, ladder lifts like this. so this is going to affect a lot of people moving forward. you know, we're all going to get older and take a look over here. this even helps little kids. that you see ramp going up is safer for little kids like that. ramps or chair lifts, it has to be in place by next week. >> that's great. all right, len ramirez, thank you. >>> a bit sh

she cannot take the medication that i have to buy to keep her mobile because she has cerebral palsy. i do? do i pay your inflated water bill of $530 or do i take care of my child? >> she's one of several residents voicing their frustrations, claiming they've been overbilled. >> they said i used 1,960 gallons of water per day for three people. now, everyone knows that that right there is not right. >> last month, the city audit revealed inefficiencies within the city's system for keeping track of how much water people actually use. according to the audit, there is no actual meter readings for 4 1/2 years, and an actual bill led to some properties sold at a tax sale. the city council president has spruced a resolution calling for a two-year moratorium on seizing properties based solely on unpaid water charges. officials say they've hired for employees to improve the system, and they promise an updated automated reading and billing system in the future. >> we're making additional steps we need to make, and we want to make sure our customers get their accurate, timely bills. >> and they

she cannot take the medication that i have to buy to keep her mobile, because she has cerebral palsy.do die? do i pay your inflated water bill of $530 or do i take care of my child? >> she's one of several residents voicing their frugsration, claiming they've been overbilled. >> and they said i used 1,960 gallons of water per day for three people. now, everyone knows that that right there is not right. >> last month, the city audit revealed inefficiencies within the city's system for keeping track of how much water people actually use. according to the audit, there were no actual meter readings for 4 1/2 years. >> i introduced this resolution. >> the city council president has introduced a resolution calling for a two-year moratorium on seizing propers based solely on unpaid water charges. officials say they've hired more employees to improve the system, and they promised an updated automated reading and billing system in the future. >> we're making additional steps we need to make, and we want to make sure our customers get fair, accurate, timely bills. >> and officials at d.p.w. say

ivan was born with a combination of epilepsy and cerebral palsy that he couldn't survive. and the awful loss three years ago humanized cameron as a politician. >> so this is the staircase where all the different prime ministers have their pictures. >> reporter: once inside number 10, the staircase immediately forces you to look up to former british leaders, if you didn't already. >> so there is the great man. >> there is the great man. without him, complete the sentence. >> without him, in a world without churchill, the nazis would have won in europe, and would have taken over the home of europe. and the world would be a very different place. i think the british history has got some amazing things we have done over the years. but that single moment in 1940 is probably the brightest moment in britain's long history. >> reporter: of the modern era leaders, cameron speaks of a special closeness with one of them. >> margaret thatcher. i came here as a school boy when she was prime minister. i never thought for a minute i would come back here. and it was a great honor for me to

and these events really increase the risk of these babies having, you know, mental retardation, cerebral palsy, learning difficulties later on in life. so the maternal fetal medicine specialists, the obstetricians that specialize in this, as soon as they suspect premature labor, they try to prolong this because we know that five, seven days, a little bit over a week makes a big difference. several years ago we've shown that to be born at 24 weeks is much worse than being born at 25 weeks, even though medically we say 24 to 26 weeks. it's very different. because of medical advances in the last 20 years, many more premature babies are not only surviving, but surviving with fewer physical problems. augusto sola: i think everyone can understand that this baby born premature, let's say 10 weeks early, was not supposed to be breathing outside of the womb, so they don't have these all well developed. the treatment starts actively in the delivery room of these babies. and what we do there is we insure that enough oxygen is being delivered to the baby's heart, brain, lungs, kidneys. we also make sure t

he is fifth foo one. 111 pop and using crutches for cerebral palsy.he is at risk because he should take medication twice a day and doesn't have his medicine with him. >> thanks have calmed down at sfo after a compute officer switch over. >> they come pined the computer systems into one yesterday with the final step of the merger. they moved millions of reservations which caused problems for passengers. some airline passengers flying in and out of the bay area and said the process was quite frustrating. >> they take the brunt of all of our frustrations. >> you treat to be patient with them and it is kind of hard not to you know, start thumb wrestling poem to get your way. >> they spent hours on hold with united airlines yesterday. they brought in extra employees to answer the phone lines. >> time now is 8:37. jury selection will begin tomorrow in the domestic violence case. he is charged with child endangerment and dissuading a witness. they have been toll to appear and this selection process could last into tuesday. the judge tomorrow will decide if a

five years ago when the houston area mom adopted her daughter born with cerebral palsy and epilepsy. >> she may never walk, may never talk. >> reporter: there is significance progress. for two years she has been using a walker instead of a wheelchair. >> getting heavy. >> reporter: three weeks ago as she was delivering her daughter to class she said school officials told her she could no longer use the walker at school because the little gurm recently fell in the parking lot. it is like a stepback in her daughter's quest for independence. >> if she can walk nourks please let her walk. don't strap her in a wheelchair. >> reporter: christie said she met with school officials and with their knowledge recorded the conversation. >> i just told you. we don't feel like it is safe any longer. be sure to get this on tape. you are not concerned. >> thousands have listened and responded. >> i am a parent and you are an employee that's supposed to be an advocate for this child. and from day one you have not. >> leave it up for a court to decide then. >> you want to go there? >> reporter: the sch

benefit from a 10 year old child who can hardly walk, cannot toilet himself, because she has cerebral palsy? easy truly proud? >> this government is not cutting the money that is going into disability benefits. we are replacing, we are replacing disability living allowance with a personal independence payment. and someone who is filled out the forms for disability living allowance and had a child with several palsy, i know how long it takes to fill in the form. we will have a proper medical test so people who are disabled or need that help give it more quickly. [shouting] >> mr. speaker, on friday -- >> order. i say to the honorable gentleman from brighton they will stay silent and that sort of noise is not acceptable in this forum. >> thank you, mr. speaker. on friday, two of the best of the police came to see me about the life-threatening effects of a new legal high called black mombo on the life of a 13-yard and my constituency. it is the latest high being sold on our street in uk. cannot ask my right honorable friend now that we have regulations that allow us to act swiftly to ban dange