| Tom Dresser VC with the Duchess of Kent, above, while left the Duchess meets children at Swan Hunter, Haverton Hill in October 1970, and left, the Duchess is pictured at the
Spastics Centre in 1968
The replacement of "
spastic" with "cerebral palsy" suggests an increased sensitivity of the Society to the disabling condition.
MIDDLESBROUGH A Division
Spastics League pool champions decided they needed a challenge back S in the Eighties.
A LIVERPOOL FC fan racially abused Manchester United captain Patrice Evra and branded disabled supporters "
spastics", a court heard.
The boss of corporate publishing agency CW Publications has walked 100km along the Great Wall of China to raise funds for Scope, the charity for people with cerebral palsy (formerly the
Spastics Society).
The Scottish Council For
Spastics is transforming the face of disability today, by changing its name to Capability Scotland.
Ethel, who had been working in the
Spastics Society Shop in Redcar, said that she had enjoyed every minute.
A spokesman for Scope, the cerebral palsy charity which changed its name from the
Spastics Society because the term is now derogatory in the UK, said: "Although in the US the term 'spaz' may not be as offensive as it is in the UK, many disabled - and nondisabled - people here will have taken exception to him likening his poor golf to that of "a spaz".
Funds were also raised at the event for the
Spastics Society of India, which helps children with cerebral palsy.
The cash -pounds 30,000 donated by the Maidstone
Spastics Group -has paid for fees at Ingfield Manor School,in West Sussex, whereAlice will receive education and treatment.
As the deputy coordinator for the charity Family Link,part of the former
Spastics Society which is now called Scope, he often needs all his powers of persuasion.
Chief Supt Bert Watson (right) performed one of his last "official" duties by pushing over a pile of pennies in aid of Teesside
Spastics Association in May 1968.
He was jailed for 30 months yesterday after admitting ripping off Devon and Exeter
Spastics Society, owner of the school, called Vranch House.
