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#WeSeeYou: Wade McCrae Washington, The Cerebral Palsy BodyBuilder

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Wade McCrae Washington is more than just a survivor, he’s a champion.

Wade was born with Loose Muscle Chorea.

Chorea is a type of cerebral palsy characterized by brief, semi-directed, irregular movements that are not repetitive or rhythmic, but appear to flow from one muscle to the next.

These ‘dance-like’ movements of chorea often occur with athetosis, which adds twisting and writhing movements. Walking may become difficult, and include odd postures and leg movements.

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When chorea is serious like in Wade’s case, slight movements will become thrashing motions; this form of severe chorea is referred to as ballism or ballismus.

Then when he turned 12 years old, Wade was diagnosed Scoliosis.

Scoliosis is a medical condition in which a person’s spinal axis has a three-dimensional deviation. Although it is a complex three-dimensional condition, on an X-ray, viewed from the rear, the spine of an individual with scoliosis can resemble an…

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