Katrina Hart on World Cerebral Palsy Day
[av_textblock size=” av-medium-font-size=” av-small-font-size=” av-mini-font-size=” font_color=” color=” id=” custom_class=” av_uid=’av-kdnv9aok’ admin_preview_bg=”]Given World Cerebral Palsy Day’s focus on getting active this year, with their Move As One campaign, we spoke to Katrina about her experience of getting into support, her success, and how she sees things changing thanks to initiatives like World Cerebral Palsy Day. Katrina […]
Meet Katy Fetters, World CP Day Ambassador and Founder of CPstrong
From its very first year in 2012, World CP Day has existed to celebrate people with Cerebral Palsy and those who are committed to improving the lives of people with CP. Katy Fetters ticks both of those boxes, and that’s why she’s our newest World Cerebral Palsy Day Ambassador. Katy has been working on […]
A sporting life for all
Guest blogger, Lauren Milstead, shares the extraordinary work of CPISRA and the benefits of a sporting life – social, fitness and fun!
Cerebral palsy: changing the narrative
A spirit of entrepreneurship can be one of the most powerful ways to change the world for people living with cerebral palsy. A new narrative is needed and that is the vision of guest blogger, Hannah Awadzi, Executive Director of the Special Mothers Project in Ghana.
No limits for young people with CP in Canada
In Canada, an innovative program is building pride, acceptance and belonging in a group of young people with CP. Guest blogger, Ashley Moliere from the Cerebral Palsy Association of British Columbia, explains.
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 […]
Let’s play boccia
Fitness is big on World CP Day’s agenda. Our guest bloggers, speech and language pathologist Estelle Slevin and occupational therapist Dana Capel from Beit Issie Shapiro School, Ra’anana in Israel share how they have incorporated the popular sport of boccia into the program at their school. At the Beit Issie Shapiro School for Children with Complex […]