It wasn't spastic diplegia

"Jean Sharon Abbott lived more than three decades trapped inside her own body. She could barely move her arms or legs, and she needed help with even the simplest of tasks. Then, one day, when she was 33 years old, everything changed."

See:
http://themighty.com/2015/04/this-woman-spent-decades-unable-to-control-her-limbs-then-one-day-everything-changed/