Matheny Medical Blog » athetoid cerebral palsy http://www.mathenyblog.org Improving the Lives of People with Disabilities Thu, 28 May 2015 12:37:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.42 Going ‘above and beyond’ http://www.mathenyblog.org/2011/10/18/going-above-and-beyond/ http://www.mathenyblog.org/2011/10/18/going-above-and-beyond/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 05:30:11 +0000 http://s198573187.onlinehome.us/matheny-medical/?p=47 Continue reading →]]> It’s not a big deal, right—opening a hand? For a boy named Sean it is. Diagnosed with athetoid cerebral palsy at 18 months, he’s “tactile defensive”—super-sensitive to touch. But now, at Matheny, he’s been able to open his hands for the first time—a major goal of his physical therapy.

Sean’s mom, Kelly, thinks the staff deserves a hand—for going “above and beyond. Sean is safe here,” she says, “because he’s surrounded by people who love him.”

Sean, shown here working with physical therapist Erin Guidera, is just one of nine “Special Stories” we highlight in a new publication: www.matheny.org/Matheny-Brochure.pdf.

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