THE BEING
When, you
are born with any kind of disability, your life is faced with challenges. That is
what I and 17 million people around world with Cerebral Palsy our face with every
day of life.
As we all
know Cerebral Palsy is “a condition marked by impaired muscle coordination
(spastic paralysis) and/or other disabilities, typically caused by damage to
the brain before or at birth.” But to people with Cerebral Palsy and the one
that take care of them Cerebral Palsy much more that.
When we are
new born and up to the age of 18 or maybe less we are care for not only by family
and/or love ones, we are also cared by the state we live and/or medical
professionals but as an adult we are scene as something less or not at all. Oh yea your family and/or love one are still behind
us but event sometime for them to see us as independent adults (if the Cerebral
Palsy we have is able to let us be fully and/partially independent) it still
can be hard for family and/or love ones to let us go but they do in the end
(hopefully)
It is hard
for people who don’t have any knowledge don’t have or have been around someone
with Cerebral Palsy to truly know what Cerebral Palsy is to being with but when
you an adult with Cerebral palsy it can be even harder do to the fact that no matter
how education is out there about children and adolescence.
It’s hard to
understand what might become an adult or anyone with Cerebral Palsy because
unlike the disabilities and/or conditions Cerebral Palsy a straight forward disability
and/or conditions. The reason for this because Cerebral Palsy has four not for
degrees not four stages just four types.
The four types of Cerebral Palsy are:
The four types of Cerebral Palsy are:
“Mild
Cerebral Palsy means a child can move without assistance; his or her daily
activities are not limited.” (http://www.cerebralpalsy.org/about-cerebral-palsy/types-and-forms)
“Moderate –
Moderate Cerebral Palsy means a child will need braces, medications, and
adaptive technology to accomplish daily activities.ly activities are not
limited.” (http://www.cerebralpalsy.org/about-cerebral-palsy/types-and-forms)
“Severe –
Severe Cerebral Palsy means a child will require a wheelchair and will have
significant challenges in accomplishing daily activities.” (http://www.cerebralpalsy.org/about-cerebral-palsy/types-and-forms)
“No CP – No
CP means the child has Cerebral Palsy signs, but the impairment was acquired
after completion of brain development and is therefore classified under the
incident that caused the Cerebral Palsy, such as traumatic brain injury or
encephalopathy.” ( http://www.cerebralpalsy.org/about-cerebral-palsy/types-and-forms)
Do to the
fact there are different type of Cerebral Palsy, there different types of aging
health issues that go along with them and event if you are someone or know
people with same type of Cerebral Palsy they still aren’t a 100% alike.
This is what
is hard about being an adult with Cerebral Palsy; People with Cerebral Palsy
don’t truly follow the same pattern and the medical professionals don’t truly
understand because they don’t study Cerebral Palsy in adults.
What we do
know as individual with Cerebral Palsy like me and other 17 million around
world is that we are just as capable or close to capable to do just about
anything we set are minds too.
In this
Facebook page and on my other plate forms we with discuss and talk about all
things adults with Cerebral Palsy. Please join as our first topic how we the
adult with Cerebral Palsy sees themselves.
(Note: I
suck at writing I suck at spelling I will get help at times when I see fit but
I also want this to show my weakness and/or other people weakness to show and
to make you understand the challenges we face day to day. Writing and spelling
happens to be one of mine. Until I happen to get discovered by someone or win
the lotto to pay a scriber this is all me.)
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