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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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March 24th, 2008
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March 25th, 2008
at 11:43pm

Gnomie Robert Frederick writes: Hello, Chris! I thoroughly enjoyedyour chat with Earl Thibert; it is nice to know that his disability hasn’t prevented him from being who he wants to be. I applaud him heavily for what he’s doing, though I would love to ask him how he got into computers. I feel bad because I am not as open about having

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March 24th, 2008
at 5:06pm

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March 25th, 2008
at 11:18am

Gnomie Robert Frederick writes: Hello, Chris! I thoroughly enjoyedyour chat with Earl Thibert; it is nice to know that his disability hasn’t prevented him from being who he wants to be. I applaud him heavily for what he’s doing, though I would love to ask him how he got into computers. I feel bad because I am not as open about having

Wolfie4693

March 23rd, 2008
at 1:46pm

HOLY SHH…CRAP I HAVE 36 VIEWERS! lol Earl rulz!

1004209

March 23rd, 2008
at 1:51pm

i am sorry i have to ask but what is Cerebral Palsy and again SORRY

HellMan1O1

March 23rd, 2008
at 3:41pm

512 GBs of RAM?!?

wow, we thought we where playing with power when the NES came out….

pauldonald

March 23rd, 2008
at 4:29pm

Cerebral Palsy means that your only physically disabled not mentally disabled… right?

lakercoolman

March 23rd, 2008
at 5:11pm

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

Well it’s cerebral so it’s probably mental. I’m not sure.

toshibatobe

March 23rd, 2008
at 8:57pm

You go Earl! Any geek is welcome in our community! :D

AndShane

March 23rd, 2008
at 9:17pm

I have just 256 mb ram

ilikesmlngwhtout

March 24th, 2008
at 3:23am

thats awesome of you chris

kiwibaby3p

March 24th, 2008
at 3:27am

hey chris and earl! nice vid.! you’re pretty cool earl, i’ll see u on ustream!

pspaddict01

March 24th, 2008
at 9:33am

I love our community :D

02ramfan

March 24th, 2008
at 10:36am

Can somebody give me the whole web address.

Haybbo

March 24th, 2008
at 12:46pm

Earl is a great guy i should watch his stream sometime :D

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.

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

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

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

oh Earl is too great! my hero :D

00linuxisking00

March 27th, 2008
at 1:41pm

I love this whole thing – The community, ustream, Chris & Ponzi, Their Opinnions, The chatter’s Opinions, etc.

leodime

April 6th, 2008
at 9:24pm

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

ustream . tv / earl – thibert – live

tomrogers123

May 5th, 2008
at 3:10am

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

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