Growing Up with Cerebral Palsy: One Adult's Perspective

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By Aideen Blackborough, Online event, March 10 from 7:30 pm to 9 pm GMT

Overview

A supportive evening for parents, offering an adult perspective on cerebral palsy, childhood, and what the long view can look like.

If you’re parenting a child with cerebral palsy, it’s natural to have questions about what the future might hold — and just as natural to feel overwhelmed by them.

This online session is a chance to hear directly from an adult who grew up with cerebral palsy, reflecting honestly on childhood, education, work, independence, and parenthood.

The focus of the evening is reassurance, perspective, and widening the picture of what life with CP can look like over time — not advice, comparison, or “one right path”.

You don’t need to come with questions. You don’t need to have everything figured out. You’re very welcome to simply listen.

What we’ll cover:

• Growing up with cerebral palsy — what mattered most in the long run
• Education, expectations, and advocacy
• Independence, work, confidence, and identity
• What I wish parents had worried less about
• Space for honest questions (including anonymous ones)

This session is:

• Supportive and pressure-free
• Designed specifically for parents
• Grounded in lived experience, not theory

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I was not diagnosed till my twenties. Was bullied at mainstream school cos I walked funny didn't understand why