[Donna Jean, age 2 with cerebral palsy and wearing braces, is learning to balance herself to walk unaided] | Texas Disability History Collection

[Donna Jean, age 2 with cerebral palsy and wearing braces, is learning to balance herself to walk unaided]

cerebral palsy patient assisted by volunteer

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[Donna Jean, age 2 with cerebral palsy and wearing braces, is learning to balance herself to walk unaided]

Description:

Donna Jean, age 2 with cerebral palsy and wearing braces, stands in front of a mirror assisted by volunteer Mrs. Rufus Garrett Jr. at the Crippled Children's Treatment Center. Donna Jean is learning to balance herself in order to learn to walk alone, 03/08/1952

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Topic:

Physical Disability, Service Organizations

Keywords:

Children, Braces, Exercise, Physical therapy, Cerebral palsy

Persons:

Jean, Donna

Garrett, Mary Josephine (Mrs. Rufus Garrett, Jr.)

Organizations:

Fort Worth Society for Crippled Children and Adults

Date Created:

1952-03-08

Image Type:

Black & White, Negative

Language:

English (United States)

Collection:

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection. Series 6: Negatives

Identifier:

10013982

Call Number:

AR406-6 03/08/1952

Publisher:

University of Texas at Arlington

Rights:

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Rights Holder:

University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections

License:

Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)