Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-05-15
Mother Tells How
Cerebral Palsy Center
Helped Her Son

Cerebral Palsy Center
Helped Her Son
twenty four year old RAIN
Is handsome strappins
Young man Ills ewes arr bright
and his complexion gIows AZ FIRST
glance ho appears Go be bursting
with health and energy u Is us
ually when ho stands and begins
% walk that a porHun meeting him
far the first time notices tho un
ztcadiness " HIS gait the lack oi
co ordination of hts feet and his
painful struggle TO maintain HIS
balance For RAIN ia suffering
from Cerebral Palsy
According To his mother Mrs
Grace Workout $3.50 Smelling
Avenue RAIN was born normal
baby although he developed colds
quite easily and rather frequently
when uc did they seemed 20
settle Ia his mastoids" causing
ruuvulsions
lilo was hosplsAliged several
ums9 after HIS third serious boat
wim maHtaiditia he developed on
asphaiitis an Inflammation Of
the brain caused hy - virus In
fsetin The onocphalitis tn turn
caused cerebral palsy a result
af damage 10 the brain cells which
transmit "prdcra" % The muscles
After several months in the
hospital, nahn eanYr home Before
Dis iiluesa be had begun taking
and crawling Now he was unable
20 move could only follow the
movements ~ his family with his
avos When he waH alii quite
Young he began "a take treatment
at tho Minneapolis Curative Work
gitop Later. when he reached
school aro. he was admitted 20
Michael Bowling School for GRIP
pied Children
Mrs Workout haa nothing but
praise for the miracles" arcump
ilshod NJ Bowling school
Downing put Rain on his feet ,
she explains when hc first en-
tered classes there, ho wAs barely
able 60 aii ~ alone. re got around
by crawling on his hands and
knees. Tho skin % hia knees was
thick like elephant hide from con
slant friction
The thcraplats At m" srhool 90
not recommend erutrhos They
felt that the cmtchea might be-
come moutal crutehos ard thni
flahu might never learn 10 walk
alone Finally with Tho ald ~
therapy be took bits ffat stumb.
hng steps and eventually learned
20 waik.
RAIN remained 10 Downing school
until be was - A. that point hia
education had been carried 70 toe
llnits BE- was capable u absorb.
ing
when bis srhnolwDrk csaasa
Hahu WIS a. loose ends Mrs
WorEruff noted 'tIs was unable
- find = JOB because his disability
made him M accident Hak Pin
ally we heard about the workshop
maiuiained ~ Ugisd Cerebral
Patsy Of Greater Minneapolis
tUrT1 Rahn naH among tho firat
employees hired
Tho workshop opened yrafs
sEo, .rilaliy employed five hsnal
capped workers To-Day ufTs are
mors than 100 Anticipated pay
ron fof 1859 afB Be- approximately
1850 0oo Jobs are made possible
through ssb-cantrafta with local
business md Industry
~ aadi'iau to hls employment
~ the DCp Center isahn alec
participates n ne Friday night
adult recreation program for tha
Handicapped offered ~ The Center
a don't know ntat RAIN wt9IId
- without bis 20 sna 'bs alsfai
activities offered by rCp We're
very grateful for 4hat has been
11os pr him. .ra w8tkcuff
said
Fasn wofkeufrs sfory ~ an ~
ample - vta, u bsiag done FOR
ne paisis1 IN M create, AiHne
apoiis area Tho team0Drf ~ wsoh
Wfpois and DfRahizaii1na AZ Min.
r.ap6Ba Curative warsst0p Mich
asi D9snng school and Nnneapo-
as rCp sfow what car ~ d,ns
So hAp ne victims ~ Cerebral
Palsy
During May rational Cerebral
paisg Hostt rCP n Cfsrtsr an.
asap viii soasusf e fmd drive
N rsise raney t0 rainiain ita
safkFfoy as1a,1 ~ severely
aand. .apfe1 yamgfifra flnetK.
Die fer admission o. fo4uHnNl Hs