I Have Cerebral Palsy

I was born normal, ( or as normal than one can be ) & at nine months old. I swallowed a screw, which cut off the oxygen to my brain for 3 min. The doctors told my Mom & Dad, that I would be a vegetable or die, to just give up on me. To...

Pregnancy is supposed to be beautiful gift from God! What happens when your child has a lifelong condition? Forced to live with it for the rest of their life? Your parents feel guilty. They think could I have carried you longer. When I...

My whole life was a roller coaster of feelings and understandings. I went to a plce to find the reason i fell alot and did not walk until i was 7. Why i did not talk much.
The checked my spine and my walking all the time yet they never...

I was born at 1 lb 10 ounces. You might say "wow". Yup, I was the size of a soda can. I take physical therapy now and it's helping. I might have to use leg braces every day. I fall down some times. So please understand me and I'm a good...

I have actually published a 10,000-word version of this in an essay about disability (in Britain and in the United States). I offer this truncated version for any fellow travellers who struggle with the daily traumas of CP.
Of course...

(gonna start from beginning and work through my life with grandma, I called her mommom)

I was diagnosed with mild cerebral palsy in my first year of life. I was not able to walk or talk until I was 3 from the help of mommom. When I...

hi im pretty new at this but i figure your spoused to write your personal experiences so others can learn from them??? so here goes,
i spent my life beleiveing what my parents told me "when you were born the doctors couldnt explain why...

Yes I do. The medical term for my type is 'Spastic Ataxic Quadriplegic'. This means I have tight muscles, lack balance and all four limbs are affected. I use a motorized six wheeled black beast of a chair for mobility. It is in stark...

Hello!

I'm 25 and have Spastic Diplegia. I wore splints as a kid but had corrective surgery as a kid and don't need them now. I've had two surgeries in the last 10 years. I consider them successful since I can run and bike without...

I do not know how authorised I am to do this; but I wrote the piece initially, so I am posting a newer version now.
It may be impossible to generalise about relationships and the disabled, especially if the disability is so slight that...

Hi everyone. I've thought about how to write my story for ages. I'll just say what I know.

I have cerebral palsy. I was born 2 months early and there were several complications with the birth. I spent another 2 months in the hospital...

Like many people with cerebral palsy I use a wheelchair for mobility. My condition also affects my ability to speak and so I use an electronic communication device. Most people have seen one of these or are familiar at least a bit...

When I was fifteen I was going out with a girl called Angela she wasn't my first girlfriend, but I think she was the first girl I ever really loved.
We went steady for ten months, and we saw each other almost every night.
I remember...

I have a crazy idea, folks.
I think that you could look at our CP as a gift. With it, we can see injustice and ignorance and we know that love and friendship matters. Our eyes are wide open and wise. Our bodies are twisted, we may limp...

Since grade school, I've always been one that has been bullied. Never really understood at first, I thought I was just like everyone else. I started realizing more and more that I had limitations on certain things, and teachers would...

Yesterday my legs were extremely spastic. I was in intense pain. When I get spasticity my muscles completely tense up. Everyone tells me to ignore it, however I was crying due to my legs.

I'm so heart broken... I like someone on my Facebook page! The only problem is we live so far away. From each other it sucks... I really like him. He is also friends with me on experience project! We both have cerebral palsy. Except I...

I was born October 4 but due December 21st or 22. I was born via C-section lost oxygen to the brain quickly air lifted from Abilene to Dallas in a spilt second stayed in a room by my self for three months cause i was sick. My parents...

Hello I wanted to share this link with everyone here I dont have cerebral palsy but a client of mine has a son who does I design clothing for a living and Richard wanted to find a shirt for his son for this reason but could not he came...

Relationships are apart of our lives and is truly something wonderful to be in. Now I have CP and many would think it would be hard to be in a relationship and yes it is but when you are confident about how you are and could care less...