He has cerebral palsy and requires lifelong care. He can neither speak nor walk and is fed via a tube attached to his stomach. As a baby, he was abandoned by his parents but 10 years ago ...

"This means that people with cerebral palsy may develop other noncommunicable diseases in early adulthood that can contribute to accelerated aging and premature death," said Peterson. Creating a ...

Anthony Mitchell, a 67-year-old amputee, was alone in his Altadena home with his son, Justin Mitchell, who has cerebral palsy. Both men were wheelchair-bound. “He said, 'Baby, I'm just letting ...

Three people, a mother, a father and a caretaker, are charged after a 21-year-old blind and deaf man with cerebral palsy starved to death in a Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, apartment ...

Officials say the man had cerebral palsy and was dependent on others for his care. “He’s a care-dependent person and they starved him to death,” Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin ...