Evander Conroy

Parents Joseph and Silva Swinton had their first child a baby girl named IIce. IIce was delivered at home without a doctor, nurse or midwife present. IIce was born 3 months premature, weighing only 3 pounds and suffered from respiratory difficulties. Still she received no medical attention.

Tiffany is worried about her newborn son. Ever since she brought Caleb home from the hospital it has been so hard to get him to eat and he seems to be breathing too hard all the time. At his one month check-up, the nurse tells her that Caleb has only gained one pound since he was born and Tiffany breaks into tears.

“I missed my sons whole life. I missed his birth. I didn’t get the birthdays, I didn’t get the Christmas’. That is what hurts the most, is my son,” said Dail who began to get choked up.

His mother said that her son required staples in his head and arm. Jatiek Reed,

More than 20 years ago, an ordinary middle-aged man working in the insurance industry, getting ready to retire from his job, was shopping at his local grocery store. In the grocery store parking lot, an unlikely encounter with a girl named Stacy changed his life. Stacy had cerebral palsy, making her unable to talk or hear. That's when Swimmer got the idea, "what might happen if I put her on a horse?" Stacey soon later visited Swimmer at his farm in outside Charlotte, North Carolina, where Stacy was able to ride a pony for the first time. "She lit up like a candle," said Swimmer, and that's when I knew what I wanted to do. Today Swimmer has helped over 800 kids with disabilities through his equine-assisted therapy program from his organization

After recovering enough to begin his rehab, Clarence and Bailey embark on the challenging journey of having Clarence regaining the ability to walk and speak. The process is extremely grueling, months of different mobility exercises and speech lessons, relearning how to walk and talk such as an infant would learn to do the same

Okay so what happen is he was born with his biological mother's cord wrapped around his neck so he couldn’t breath or suck right, he had to use a bottle for the whole time until he was a 4 year old. He had to get airlifted into a helicopter to go to the hospital, where they then began cpr on him on his chest. The doctors say he really should not be playing sports because of his disability, it doesn’t say his disability.

Finally, I had the privilege of helping alongside Lisa Skelly, OTR/L at LIFT Therapy & Rehab in Jackson, Tn. This is where I met Josh, a fourteen year old boy that had a four wheeler accident two years ago. He suffered multiple brain injuries, so severe that he was not expected to survive. I saw videos of Josh when he was totally unresponsive. He did not walk, talk, or communicate in any way. However today he is walking, with the assistance of a walker, showing me his favorite videos on his phone, learning how to read, and preparing to go back to

At the young age of six, Wright’s father left the family and his mother, later on, became a paralytic because of a series of strokes.

On 10/16/2015 while interviewing face to face with Nicole (Christina) Martin, Administration for Early Head Start located at Texarkana Special Education Center at the operation she stated that the caregivers had applied first aid to Nolan and immediately called on walkie talkie to front desk of Early Head Start and spoke to Daniela Salazar that they needed assistance for Nolan as he had fallen while running on the Wellness Trail. Mary Ann Zimmer, LPN from Arkansas Children was contacted and then went to meet the class at the Wellness Trail to get Nolan.

The worst part about having to wake up from such a critical operation was the sight of seeing his family’s tragic heartbreak. Just hours earlier they were given the news they

Sixteen years ago, Eric Bolnick and his wife eagerly awaited to find out the gender of their baby. As visions of blue and pink raced through their heads, no one could’ve predicted this day would turn into one that would change their lives forever. Within minutes, they found out they were expecting a baby girl. Overwhelmed with joy, they didn’t hear the words “permanently disabled” escape their doctor’s lips shortly after the big news. 5 months later, Kayla Bolnick was born with spinal bifida.

CM met with Michael his adoptive mother, Mary and his older brother Patrick. Patrick is a rising Jr. at William and Mary and during the summer will help with the care of Michael. Michael has been with Mary since he was 14 months; he is a happy child that has been diagnosed with cerebral parley. Mary reports he is in good health. Michael was very shy at intake and mother and brother provided much encouragement for Michael to, “use his words." The family has an appointment for the ED/CD at the end of this

“Oh, don’t worry about it, son,” Ernest said as Phillie then headed off into another room of the house to grab a tissue for her imbued eyes. “She just still gets really emotional over what happened to him, is all. Neil was our only child and his death, and then disfigurement, is a lot for her to bear.”

Evangeline was now nine years old and she was supposed to be taken to camp two years ago. She wondered what had happened once the Spartans found out she had escaped.