His name is Earl: A Lifestreaming Geek with Cerebral Palsy
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Earl Thibert, known as T-Bear to friends, is from Windsor, Ontario, Canada. He is 32 years old, and has Cerebral Palsy. He is a Life streamer, via uStream. He says that his goal is to “change the world, and what people think about others who have disabilities”. He certainly has a lot of fun streaming, and is a lot of fun to chat with.
The term Cerebral Palsy refers to any one of a number of neurological disorders that appear in infancy or early childhood and permanently affect body movement and muscle coordination but don’t worsen over time. Even though Cerebral Palsy affects muscle movement, it isn’t caused by problems in the muscles or nerves. It is caused by abnormalities in parts of the brain that control muscle movements. The majority of children with Cerebral Palsy are born with it, although it may not be detected until months or years later. The early signs of Cerebral Palsy usually appear before a child reaches 3 years of age. The most common are a lack of muscle coordination when performing voluntary movements (ataxia); stiff or tight muscles and exaggerated reflexes (spasticity); walking with one foot or leg dragging; walking on the toes, a crouched gait, or a “scissored” gait; and muscle tone that is either too stiff or too floppy. A small number of children have Cerebral Palsy as the result of brain damage in the first few months or years of life, brain infections such as bacterial Meningitis or viral Encephalitis, or head injury from a motor vehicle accident, a fall, or child abuse.
Although Earl has to face challenges due to his disability, he doesn’t let them stand in his way. He lives his life to the fullest, and he is a wonderful testament to the fact that people with disabilities should never be considered by others to be less capable than anyone else.
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30 Comments
Stevenup7004
March 23rd, 2008
at 1:41pm
[..YouTube..] 512 gigs of RAM, XD
Wolfie4693
March 23rd, 2008
at 1:46pm
[..YouTube..] HOLY SHH…CRAP I HAVE 36 VIEWERS! lol Earl rulz!
1004209
March 23rd, 2008
at 1:51pm
[..YouTube..] i am sorry i have to ask but what is Cerebral Palsy and again SORRY
bwest0179
March 23rd, 2008
at 2:21pm
[..YouTube..] Hes awesome!
HellMan1O1
March 23rd, 2008
at 3:41pm
[..YouTube..] 512 GBs of RAM?!?
wow, we thought we where playing with power when the NES came out….
CRASH1224
March 23rd, 2008
at 4:19pm
[..YouTube..] you are a taco!
pauldonald
March 23rd, 2008
at 4:29pm
[..YouTube..] Cerebral Palsy means that your only physically disabled not mentally disabled… right?
lakercoolman
March 23rd, 2008
at 5:11pm
[..YouTube..] Wow thats really great Earl , true just because someone has a disability dosent mean that there any different , his goal sounds great and i think people should really just see this guy for a great example
Andy1644
March 23rd, 2008
at 6:21pm
[..YouTube..] Well it’s cerebral so it’s probably mental. I’m not sure.
toshibatobe
March 23rd, 2008
at 8:57pm
[..YouTube..] You go Earl! Any geek is welcome in our community! :D
Vito Traino
March 23rd, 2008
at 9:06pm
That was great!
AndShane
March 23rd, 2008
at 9:17pm
[..YouTube..] I have just 256 mb ram
ilikesmlngwhtout
March 24th, 2008
at 3:23am
[..YouTube..] thats awesome of you chris
kiwibaby3p
March 24th, 2008
at 3:27am
[..YouTube..] hey chris and earl! nice vid.! you’re pretty cool earl, i’ll see u on ustream!
pspaddict01
March 24th, 2008
at 9:33am
[..YouTube..] I love our community :D
02ramfan
March 24th, 2008
at 10:36am
[..YouTube..] Can somebody give me the whole web address.
Dylan
March 24th, 2008
at 10:55am
TO EARL: I think your doing a wonderful thing earl, congrats for overcoming a disability and helping others. WE LOVE YOU!!
francine hardaway
March 24th, 2008
at 12:01pm
Chris, you are such a cool guy! I love how you sent Earl traffic! I think that’s a wonderful thing you did. And it shows that you respect people — even those who are different than you. Earl rocks, and I would never have known about him without you.
Haybbo
March 24th, 2008
at 12:46pm
[..YouTube..] Earl is a great guy i should watch his stream sometime :D
Kyle_vdk
March 24th, 2008
at 5:12pm
Wow that is really great for him!
I would defiantly not be comfortable doing what he is now! Congratulations Earl.
~Kyle_vdk
ultimamods
March 25th, 2008
at 9:47am
[..YouTube..] This is great….
Matt Harris
March 25th, 2008
at 1:19pm
He is really cool Ive been watching him to.
I have an uncle with cerebral palsy and he to lives a greta life go Earl
Go tech
AccordionManiac
March 25th, 2008
at 10:28pm
[..YouTube..] Earl’s a hero in my opinion. Great to see a tech lover too again!!
Ryan B
March 26th, 2008
at 12:51am
I have CP also, and I am pretty well respected in various circles.
flyaxe
March 27th, 2008
at 6:43am
[..YouTube..] oh Earl is too great! my hero :D
00linuxisking00
March 27th, 2008
at 1:41pm
[..YouTube..] I love this whole thing - The community, ustream, Chris & Ponzi, Their Opinnions, The chatter’s Opinions, etc.
GLOBADYNE
March 28th, 2008
at 5:05pm
[..YouTube..] i got 512mb of ram
leodime
April 6th, 2008
at 9:24pm
[..YouTube..] I have 1 gig of RAM. Hoping to get a GeForce 5600 FX card soon. I might even go to 2 gigs of RAM too. But then again, i’d probably come out better getting a $450 barebones kit and installing an 8800 into it. Go Earl! I’m definetly bookmarking that stream.
leodime
April 7th, 2008
at 1:57am
[..YouTube..] ustream . tv / earl - thibert - live
tomrogers123
May 5th, 2008
at 3:10am
[..YouTube..] I have cerebal palsy to, i do youtube videos and a live stream. I have found this video truly inspirational and hope that some day i will be able to follow his success.
Thanks.
Tom