Scientist Demonstrates Personal Triumph Over Cerebral Palsy as She Treats Children with Brain Injuries at Burke Medical Research Institute
WHITE PLAINS, NY – July 30, 2013 – For millions of children, buttoning their shirts or tying their shoes are simple tasks of everyday life. This was not the case however for Kathleen Friel and the approximately one million people in the U.S. who suffer from cerebral palsy, a disorder of movement and posture caused by injury to the developing brain.
Around her first birthday, Kathleen was diagnosed with cerebral palsy and was given a poor prognosis for becoming an independently-functioning adult. But with unfettered determination, Kathleen began developing compensatory motor
