After being diagnosed with cerebral palsy as a baby, Martha struggled being trapped in a body that wasn't her own. There is no cure for cerebral palsy sufferers like Martha, but there is hope. It's a radical treatment called deep brain stimulation.

This story originally aired on the 11th September 2011.

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