He is has always mainstreamed. He is nondistinguishable (sp? word?) from his peers in almost all regards. He has right side hemiplegia that presented as lack of use and hypertonic right arm and no use of right leg, as a bambino. Basically every pic I have of him til he was like 3 has his right arm/hand curled up by his shoulder. We did OT/PT/Speech 3 x a week each for 4 years and worked hard at home. He has no cognitive issues (gifted- smart ass even) only the physical 1 sidedness which now presents as weakness. Now he is into karate and a green stripe in Kenpo. He fights black belts every Friday night. He is SUPER clutzy from the balance issues (still falls down if he looks straight upwards) and he went through a alot of challenges but as time goes by he understands himself more. He never uses it as a crutch to not do something, only as a reason to work harder to accomplish it. The Dr. said he was born to be right handed but he self adapted left and was a wicked lefty soccer player but could not keep up as the fields got larger and they wanted to play him more. His achilles just could not take it. So he switched to martial arts and it has changed his life, his belief in his self. He's amazing. He doesn't really know it yet but he is. Being 13 does that to you.

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