Wednesday, December 30th, 2020 participants in the weekly cerebral palsy Twitter chat #CPChatNow gathered one last time for the year. To tell you more, I am chat co-host Zachary Fenell. Join me in saying farewell to the past year, with the final 2020 chat recap.
Recap feels like quite the appropriate word too because in many ways the December 30th chat served as a recap for the year. Chat regular Chris asked others to name the best parts of their 2020, pre-COVID or under our current pandemic situation. Answers covered both periods.
My co-host Devin Axtman found a positive within the pandemic, answering he and his fiancée grew closer together during quarantine. Meanwhile my answer to Chris’ question dated back to before the pandemic. In February, I finally released my CP memoir Off Balanced in paperback form!
Devin responded to my tweet with a ringing endorsement, saying “I read it! 10/10 recommend.” If you would like to make your own opinion, checkout Off Balanced for yourself.
Enough shameless plugging from me, though. Let us talk about you. Answer for the week’s extend-the-conversation question, “What was the best part of your 2020?” Leave your response in the “Comments” section.
Besides sharing our 2020 highlights, participants discussed how having a disability prepared them to handle 2020’s bizarreness.
The subject arose when I asked the group how their disability prepared them for the bizarre year that was 2020. Devin said he was use to staying home. Long-time chat regular Blemi also answered, saying having a disability means we are already use to being told what we can and can’t do. Adding to Blemi’s thought, I stated we are more use to adapting to situations. So, all the changes 2020 brought felt less drastic to us. Or, at least that remains my opinion.
Although 2020 has ended, we can keep the conversation going! First, remember to answer the week’s extend-the-conversation question “What was the best part of your 2020?”
Next, mark your calendar and join us each and every Wednesday on Twitter. The fun begins at 8pm ET.
Until then, remember. Don’t blend in. Blend out!
-Zachary
#CPChatNow 
I just want to chat in a live chat room when I type someone someone answers like on Facebook and Instagram
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Hi Amie. In a way that is what a Twitter chat is. Live discussion on Twitter where we respond to each other in real time. Our chat happens every Wednesday, starting at 8pm ET and typically goes until 10 pm ET. If you’re on Twitter, all you have to do is tweet at that time, including the hashtag “#CPChatNow” in your tweet so we can see it. Let me know if you have questions.
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