spastic
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By analyzing 2,811 people with ataxia, hereditary spastic paraplegia, and dystonia, scientists identified harmful variants in a gene called CD99L2 as the cause of X-linked spastic ataxia.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 13, 2026
She said her husband, who has spastic cerebral palsy and who uses a motorised wheelchair, was not offered any help by Air Canada crew to get off the plane.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2023
The most common type is spastic diplegia, which Diviney is diagnosed with.
From Reuters ● Mar. 3, 2023
Ellingen, 37, has athetoid spastic cerebral palsy because of complications at birth.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2022
And then if people pressure her, it just gets worse and worse, and she sometimes has these spastic seizures.”
From "Small Steps" by Louis Sachar
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