About World Cerebral Palsy Day
Cerebral palsy is one of the least understood disabilities and people with cerebral palsy are often out of sight, out of mind and out of options in communities around the world. This needs to change.
World Cerebral Palsy Day on October 6th brings together people living with cerebral palsy, their families, supporters and organisations from more than 75 countries with the aim to ensure a future in which children and adults with cerebral palsy have the same rights, access and opportunities as anyone else in the world.
Millions Of Reasons Campaign
Every World Cerebral Palsy Day, we ask people around the world to come together to celebrate and support those living with cerebral palsy, embrace diversity and to help create a more accessible future for everyone.
As cerebral palsy affects more than 17 million people worldwide, there are millions of reasons to make your voice heard on October 6. Join the movement this World Cerebral Palsy day to help create awareness and action around cerebral palsy.
Because every person living with cerebral palsy is a reason to strive for change.
Remember to tag us @worldcpday and use the hashtags #MillionsOfReasons and #WorldCPDay
About Cerebral Palsy
There are 17 million people across the world living with cerebral palsy. Another 350 million people are closely connected to a child or adult with CP. It is the most common physical disability in childhood. Cerebral palsy is a permanent disability that affects movement. Its impact can range from a weakness in one hand, to almost a complete lack of voluntary movement.
It is a complex disability:
- 1 in 4 children with cerebral palsy cannot talk
- 1 in 4 cannot walk
- 1 in 2 have an intellectual disability
- 1 in 4 have epilepsy.
*Cerebral palsy is a lifelong disability and there is no known cure.
Download the What is Cerebral Palsy? and the Cerebral Palsy: Diagnosis and Treatment infographic posters (PDFs) to learn more.
Reference: * Novak I, Hines M,Goldsmith S, Barclay R (2012) Clinical Prognostic Messages from a Systematic Review on Cerebral Palsy, Pediatrics, 130:5
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