Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month

Richard_Scope · March 2021

What is CP Awareness month?

Green ribbon on white background with words March Cerebral palsy awareness month displayed

March is Cerebral palsy awareness month, which is dedicated to the 17 million people diagnosed with Cerebral palsy around the world.

Let’s shed some light on cerebral palsy, shall we? It’s a condition that affects movements of the limbs and overall body. It can also affect vision and hearing. With cerebral palsy, moving can appear to be stiff, jagged, or very active and sporadic. Moving in the right way, or right direction, can be challenging and take patience.

I like to compare having cerebral palsy with faulty wiring in a computer. You might hit Enter, but the computer thinks you’re hitting the Delete key. As you can guess, this can be frustrating, but people with cerebral palsy can and do adapt and are able to live their lives.

This month we want to start a conversation about living with CP and raise awareness, alongside our friends at CP Sport, who celebrate their 20th anniversary, Bobath who are running special events and Adult CP Hub who are running a campaign for ‘care parity’ for adults with CP.

We would love to hear your stories or see your photos, anything that tells your story. You can do this by posting on the community and on social media by using the hashtag #LetsTalkCerebralPalsy and tagging @scope

Richard_Scope · March 2021

Hey @emzixox, would your friend like to post their videos here? We will be using Scope's social media channels to raise awareness about CP.

WestHam06 · March 2021

Absolutely love this post @Richard_Scope, it's so important that we continue to raise awareness around CP, because though there has been improvements, there is still a long way to go, in my opinion. If I can help in anyway, please do let me know. Thank you.

Richard_Scope · March 2021

@WestHam06, if there is anything that you what like to share during this month, please do. We want the focus to be about living with Cerebral Palsy and not just confined to medical descriptions.

WestHam06 · March 2021

Sounds like a great idea, I did a charity challenge a couple of years ago which was such good fun. It was interesting because I was the only self-propelling wheelchair participant but for me it wasn't about that, it was about setting a challenge for myself and achieving it as well as raising money/awareness of a charity close to my heart. Please let me know if this is the sort of thing you were thinking of. Thank you.