Cerebral Palsy Is Lifelong — Services Must Be Too

Cerebral palsy does not disappear at 18.

Yet adult services for people with CP are often fragmented, inconsistent, or difficult to access.

Adults with CP are:

• navigating employment and career progression

• managing fatigue, pain and secondary conditions

• experiencing ageing with a lifelong neurological condition

• advocating for services that can feel designed primarily around childhood

Despite the NICE Guidelines and the findings of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Adults with CP, funded by Scope. We are increasingly hearing from adults who want lifelong, coordinated support — not cliff edges.

This Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month, let’s widen the lens.

If CP is lifelong, our commitment to inclusion and service design must be lifelong too.

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