![]() His family, besides his mother, thought he was an idiot. After seeking medical advice, the family's worst fears were confirmed: Christy was physically disabled and had an incurable disability called cerebral palsy. He could not hold his head upright or control his body movements. When he was four months old, Brown's mother was the first to notice that there was something wrong with his health. As one of 13 surviving children, Brown went on to be an author, painter and poet.Ä«rown begins his book by telling the reader about his early childhood. My Left Foot is the 1954 autobiography of Christy Brown, who was born with cerebral palsy on 5 June 1932 in Dublin, Ireland. ![]()
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