Saturday, July 5, 2008
This is a great news of a 24 year old man walking 830 miles, on aluminum stilts across Michigan's Upper and Lower Peninsulas to make people aware of cerebral palsy. Neil Sauter has completed his eight week long journey in the Ironwoods, Michigan. Sauter had started his journey from southeast Michigan in early May.Sauter, is reported to have started this journey to make people aware about Cerebral Palsy. In his endeavor he also raised a handsome amount of $16000 for United Cerebral Palsy of Michigan. A 3-to-1 matching federal grant pushes that total to $64,000. Sauter has mild cerebral palsy and used three pairs of stilts on the walk.
Cerebral palsy is an umbrella term encompassing a group of non-progressive, non-contagious conditions that cause physical disability in human development.It is a non-progressive disorder, meaning the brain damage does not worsen, but secondary orthopedic difficulties are common. There is no known cure for cerebral palsy. Medical intervention is limited to the treatment and prevention of complications possible from cerebral palsy's consequences.
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