Isabelle Charlotte Weinstein Goldenson (May 18, 1920 - February 21, 2005) was the wife of

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founder and chairman

Leonard Goldenson Leonard H. Goldenson (December 7, 1905 – December 27, 1999) was the founder and president of the United States-based television network American Broadcasting Company (ABC), from 1953 to 1986. Goldenson, as CEO of United Paramount Theatres, ...

, and a co-founder of the

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(UCP). The Goldensons' daughter Genise was born in 1943 with

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. Five years later, the Goldensons joined with

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businessman Jack Hausman and his wife, Ethel, to found UCP. Isabelle Goldenson went on to found the UCP Research Foundation, which studies the condition and its cure. The UCP Research Foundation has been credited with discovering the

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against

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and the

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. The Goldensons

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the

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for legislation to assist the disabled. This eventually led to the passage of the

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. Shortly after the first

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, the Goldensons met with scientists and engineers from

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, the

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and the

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in order to study how technology used in

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could be used to assist the disabled.

References

External links

United Cerebral Palsy
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