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Learn how to have conversations with family and friends about your child's recent cerebral palsy diagnosis and how they can help.

Za’Nii is only 10 years old, but she’s already been through more than most individuals would in a lifetime. She's stared down two potentially life-threatening illnesses including severe scoliosis, and beaten them both. Through all of it, Za'Nii has maintained an irrepressibly positive attitude that rubs off on everyone around her. Read her story here.

Gillette Children's has launched a new resource to help parents of children who have complex, rare or traumatic conditions. The first book released by the new Gillette Children's Healthcare Press is Spastic Diplegia—Bilateral Cerebral Palsy and it's written by Lily Collison, an Ireland-based author and the mother of a Gillette patient.

It was a rainy night at Target Field, but the rain didn’t stop the thousands in attendance from rising to their feet to cheer as Eli Brummond, 11, flew towards home plate. He was moving fast enough that you wouldn’t necessarily notice at first. Eli’s left leg is missing from just below his knee and he wears a prosthesis.