Analysis Of The Cerebral Palsy Commercial

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This commercial is about a young man called Ben Jackson who was born with Spastic cerebral palsy. It starts with a brief history of what the doctors told his mother that he won’t be able to play sports, take care of himself or even walk. Even though he faced extreme challenges in his life he never gave up and overcame fear and depression by finding a love in sports. Despite his physical limitations he signed up for his schools wrestling team and he did lose all of his matches while at the same time getting better. He continued to work even hard then in his second season he won his first match but his challenges were not over. When he went he felt disappointed, in his own words he felt “Lost” because they did not have a wrestling team. Once

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