Read more about the article Crash Onto Head Broke Back
Photo shows Lindalva Firme Guedes in hospital, undated. She fell from a height of 1.5 meters and now suffers from tetraparesis and paraplegia. (@todosporlindalva/CEN)
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Crash Onto Head Broke Back

A super-fit yoga teacher had been left paralysed from the waist down after a freak accident in a class sent her crashing to the floor on her head. https://filedn.eu/lhVNGNsizwl5t7THnzzJ2c8/New%20public/CEN-AcYog-01.mp4 Lindalva Firme Guedes, 32, had been learning acroyoga, a combination of acrobatics and yoga where partners take turns to balance and…

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February 27, 2024
Read more about the article Court Order Saves Disabled Baby Girl From Being Sacrificed By Indigenous Villagers
The 10-month-old indigenous baby from the Kamaiura ethnic group who was born with a malformation called encephalocele was rejected by her parents due to her disability and is at risk of being abandoned if she returns to the village, in Brazil, in July, 2021. (Newsflash)
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Court Order Saves Disabled Baby Girl From Being Sacrificed By Indigenous Villagers

A court order has saved this baby girl from being "sacrificed" by indigenous villagers because of her disability. The Constitution of Brazil guarantees indigenous people the right to practice infanticide in cases of babies born with a serious health condition. However, a 2015 bill that is still waiting to be…

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July 12, 2021