Cerebral Palsy

Introduced by Australian Story presenter Leigh Sales

Elly-May Barnes, the youngest daughter of rock legend Jimmy Barnes, was diagnosed with cerebral palsy as a toddler. Now the 34-year-old is a solo cabaret artist and disability advocate.  

University students say they were compelled to break barriers when they created a personalised gaming controller to allow children with complex disabilities from playing.

Para-Matildas, Australia's national women's team for footballers with cerebral palsy, acquired brain injury or stroke symptoms will play in the 2023 Asia-Oceania Championships in Melbourne tomorrow.

When Senator Steele-John became the youngest-ever senator, he put his new paycheque toward removing "that knot of fear in the stomach" that came with his family's debt. 

Angel Cropley screamed the first time he was helped onto a horse. Now he's preparing to navigate the Great National Trail.

Broken Hill's Dylan Evers and Cal Shepherd have done their city proud, taking home gold and silver in their categories at South Australia's Boccia State Titles.

 ABC Science is out to find Australia's backyard inventors. In part three of our series we meet  Michael Green, who volunteers his time to help people with disabilities tackle everyday problems. 

David Barber has been the captain of the Australian CP football team for 24 years, but the Guinness World Records does not want to know.

Skateboarding typically isn't considered an inclusive sport, but one Queensland indoor park is working to ensure everyone can ride its rails and ramps.

An inclusive Gold Coast athletics championship has been dubbed by young athletes as their "favourite day", with parents saying it was an event they'll "remember forever".

A South Australian mother says the Australian embassy stepped in to help her track down life-saving medication for her son, after an airline lost their luggage. Thomas Mattinson and his family travelled to Copenhagen so he could represent Australia in frame running. 

An international airline has left a South Australian mother feeling "helpless, hopeless and alone" after losing luggage that contains life-saving medication for her 13-year-old son.

I am smart, I love raising money for charity and I have even published a children's book. But I've also been made to feel like a child and patted on the head like a dog. Here's how you can talk to me.

In a world where COVID, floods and war have been dominating the headlines, Mitchell Davidson and Rebecca Preedy find love despite some pretty significant personal obstacles.

The body overseeing the National Disability Insurance Scheme has launched Federal Court action against the company responsible for supporting Ann Marie Smith, the Adelaide NDIS recipient who died in horrific circumstances.

Luther Frost-Barnes is blind and uses a wheelchair, but that hasn't stopped him finishing one of WA's most iconic swimming races.

Lachlan Moore, who was born with the neurodevelopmental condition Angelman syndrome, cerebral palsy and epilepsy, was found dead in bed earlier this month, hours after being sent home from the Redcliffe Hospital, north of Brisbane.

When Nathan Johnston was younger, people told him he was "dreaming" when he talked about starting his own business. But on International Day of People with Disability it becomes a reality, as he launches a social media platform he created from his dining room table.

It was a family trip to the Philippines that prompted Jezzie Ortega Austen to use her Starlight Wish to make a big change in the life of someone less privileged than her.

"My disability was irrelevant": How a country boy with cerebral palsy overcame the fitness industry's shortfalls.

Jackson Curmi-Jarman has cerebral palsy but a frame runner has given the 10-year-old a new lease on life and researchers are hoping it could also be helping his heart.

Jackson Curmi-Jarman has cerebral palsy but a frame runner has given the 10-year-old a new lease on life.

When Ivy Roger grows up, she wants nothing to do with fame or money. All she wants is an independent life. New international guidelines to treat children with cerebral palsy have put her simple goals within reach.

Winning gold and breaking a world record at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio has put James Turner in a good position for this years' games, but getting to the top was a difficult journey for the runner.