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Mind and Muscle Peto Institute - CBS News
(CBS) Blaine Mayo is an 8-year-old boy with a wonderful smile, but he’s a boy who cannot walk, stand or use his arms. Blaine was born with cerebral palsy.
In America, about 8,000 children are born with cerebral palsy each year. Their brains are damaged at birth, usually because of a temporary lack of oxygen. Cerebral palsy breaks the connection between mind and muscle.
Most often, children with cerebral palsy, like Blaine, settle into wheelchairs for the rest of their lives. But, as Correspondent Scott Pelley reported this winter, Blaine’s parents are doing something extraordinary...