Toddler, paralyzed from neurological disorder, given celebratory sendoff as he walks out of hospital By Austin Williams Two-year-old Alaric Bridgeman suffered from transverse myelitis, a neurological disorder causing him to be paralyzed. AKRON, Ohio - Two-year-old Alaric Bridgeman suffered from transverse myelitis, a neurological disorder causing him to be paralyzed. Bridgeman arrived at Akron Children’s Hospital in Ohio late last year, unable to walk. "On December 20, he finally displayed some intentional movement, and the hard work started there," the hospital wrote on Facebook. Bridgeman met with physical therapists twice a day, and took walks around the hospital with his father, Dustin, "making friends with everyone they passed," the hospital wrote.