Cochrane family raising $43,000 to afford mobility device for daughter with cerebral palsy

Cochrane family raising $43,000 to afford mobility device for daughter with cerebral palsy

Three-year-old Brielle Aguilar of Cochrane was diagnosed with periventricular leukomalacia (PVL), a brain injury.

What a TV Show Taught Me About Disability That Two Decades of Living with One Hadn’t

I can still remember the first time I saw the trailer for the sitcom Speechless. Minnie Driver was looking with disgust at the garbage ramp of her local high school, shouting at the principal, “Is my son trash to you?” Driver was playing the mother of a nonverbal wheelchair user with CP. Her son, JJ, was played by Micah Fowler. She then forced the principal to play a spirited round of “Is this… Source