Kevin Tyrrell Make His Mark… With His Nose!
Kevin was three months old when he was diagnosed with Athetoid (dyskinetic) cerebral palsy. Now 24 years’ old, Kevin is Making His Mark as an author. Kevin’s CP impacts the use of his hands, and his spasms meant many of the ways other people with CP use technology didn’t work for him. “I was introduced […]
Matilda Mason Makes Her Mark through Mentoring
Matilda was 26 years old when she played her first game of football. Now 28, she’s moved across the country from Western Australia (WA) to Canberra in Australia to follow her dreams of being part of the first female football team to represent Australia at the 2021 IFCPF World Cup. Matilda, who works in IT […]
Make Your Mark: Success Story of Anila
A story by the Tauri Foundation, Bangladesh The life of Afia Kabir Anila is full of struggle, determination and achievements. She is a volunteer of Tauri Foundation,Bangladesh currently a student of Law in North South University, a disability rights activist & motivational speaker and a recipient of “Distressed Children International’s (DCI) Young Leadership award in […]
Xian Horn Makes Her Mark through the Adaptive Fashion Revolution
Meet Xian Horn, a teacher, speaker, beauty advocate and Forbes blogger who is Making Her Mark through her contribution to adaptive fashion, and the self-esteem of people with disabilities all around the world. Xian’s cerebral palsy manifests in muscle tension, muscle weakness, poor balance and coordination and dragging her left foot. She walks with adapted […]
Jerusha Mather Makes Her Mark on Medicine
Born in Sri Lanka in 1994, Jerusha was destined to achieve great things. She was diagnosed with atheoid cerebral palsy by doctors in Sri Lanka who said that it was unlikely she would ever walk or talk. With this information, her parents decided to immigrate to Australia where they could access a more advanced medical […]
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.
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 […]
Toby Morrison: Hemiplegia
Learning to use his right hand was the starting point for this young man with big dreams for the future – and good advice for others!
Jon Blake
Popular children’s author, Jon Blake, found inspiration in his son Jordi, who has CP. Young Jordi sounds like a chip off the old block too! Jon’s share his story…
Parenting with a disability: Halldor Bjarnason
Halldor’s dream of becoming a parent came true, and both he and his child are contributing to a more compassionate and inclusive world. Our guest blogger, Halldor shares his touching story…