Nick Schumi
Guest blogger, Emily Kachenko, meets the impressive young Nick Schumi from Adelaide in South Australia. World Cerebral Palsy Day is a social movement, of, by and for the CP community. Its vision is to ensure that everyone with CP has the same rights, access and opportunities as anyone else. Let’s meet Nick Schumi who has […]
People with Cerebral Palsy are #justlikeyou
Charlie McMartin, a young man who lives with cerebral palsy, has a message he’d like to share: “Bullying hurts people’s feelings and lowers their self-esteem. People with disabilities are just like anyone else. We just have greater obstacles to face than most people.” From May 28 to June 3, 2017, the Cerebral Palsy Association of […]
IssieBoard: a virtual keyboard with customizable options
[av_textblock size=” av-medium-font-size=” av-small-font-size=” av-mini-font-size=” font_color=” color=” av-desktop-hide=” av-medium-hide=” av-small-hide=” av-mini-hide=” id=” custom_class=” av_uid=”] Israel is one of the world leaders in assistive technology development. Our guest bloggers, occupational therapists Noa Nitzan and Dana Cappel from Beit Issie Shapiro’s Technology Center in Israel talk about their virtual keyboard app. Nowadays everyone uses typing on a […]
International study with cerebral palsy
In his second blog post for World CP Day, guest blogger Christian Karlsen from Norway talks about his experience as an international student in Australia… I haven’t travelled much in my life, and when I have it hasn’t been longer than to neighboring Scandinavian countries. When you have a disability, or an extra need for […]