Tag: cerebral palsy

  • Million Reasons

    Million Reasons

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    Every year, World Cerebral Palsy Day is celebrated across the globe on the 6th of October. This celebration as the title says, is to celebrate cerebral palsy, as well as to bring awareness to CP. This year’s theme for World CP Day is a million reasons. I was diagnoses with Cerebral Palsy not long after…

  • What is Speechless?

    What is Speechless?

    Growing up, I never saw anyone with Cerebral Palsy, let alone someone who is disabled being appeared in television shows and movies. In May of 2016, American television network ABC, released news of their new television series, Speechless. About a teenage boy with Cerebral Palsy who is non-verbal. Speechless is a television series about a…

  • What is cerebral palsy?

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    Today marks the start of Cerebral Palsy (CP) Awareness Month, a month to educate others about CP. Started in 2006 from Reaching for the Stars, A Foundation of Hope for Children with Cerebral Palsy – RFTS, a non-profit organisation which run by parents of children with cerebral palsy. These people help raise awareness about cerebral…

  • 2020’s World CP Day

    2020’s World CP Day

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    Today, October 6 is World Cerebral Palsy (CP) Day! A day all around the world to celebrate those living with CP.  What is CP? Cerebral palsy is damage to a person’s brain before, during or shortly after birth which may leave them with a physical disability. CP comes in many different ways and forms, this…

  • Cerebral Palsy Cure

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    Everyone has moments in where we are having good days and bad days, and this is alright. Being disabled isn’t easy, my parents have worked around the clock to make sure that I had the best possibility in life that I could have, and I can just not thank them enough for what they’ve done…

  • Sail away with me

    Sail away with me

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    I went on my first Ultimate Challenge voyage in 2018. As a part of the KIC iDiversity program I got awarded this as a scholarship and it was the best time yet. There is nothing better than spending five days away from your devices and the real world to just have a go at something…