13-Year-Old Mount Kisco Girl With Cerebral Palsy Whizzes Past Expectations On The Go-Kart Track

By Otis Livingston, CBS News

November 2, 2023

MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. -- A Mount Kisco 13-year-old with cerebral palsy is living proof that a disorder doesn't define you.

Cerebral palsy is one of the most common childhood disorders in the United States; around 10,000 babies are born each year with CP. The disorder affects the ability to move and maintain balance and posture.

CBS New York's Otis Livingston recently met a young lady who is not letting CP slow her down. In fact, with the help of her family and her school, she is whizzing past expectations, literally. It may not seem like much, but the fact that 13-year-old Marni Graves could walk with Livingston on the campus of the Masters School, in Dobbs Ferry, is a miracle. That's because when she was younger her parents received some devastating news.

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