Every Wednesday people gather on X (formerly Twitter) for the live cerebral palsy chat #CPChatNow. To tell you about the discussion from Wednesday, February 28th, 2024, I am chat co-founder and current co-host Zachary Fenell. Welcome to your weekly recap!
With February coming to a close, participants in our community naturally looked ahead to the next month.
In the United States of America we recognize March as Developmental Disabilities/Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month. Curious, I asked if anyone had plans for the month. My co-host Devin Axtman shared he will give another presentation on ableism.
Meanwhile I noted I am working on a blog post titled, “31 Life Lessons Learned Living with Cerebral Palsy.” I plan to publish the post in March.
Keeping to the awareness month theme, I asked the chat another question.
Creating awareness includes debunking a disability’s misconceptions. So, I asked “What CP misconception would you like to see debunked the most?”
Devin replied, “I know we have said it but more research towards adult treatments. Also that it’s not a ‘disease.'” What about you though? Let us keep the dialogue going. Answer for the week’s extend-the-conversation question, “What CP misconception would you like to see debunked the most?”
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-Zachary
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The misconception I’d like debunked is in line with Devin’s: Children with CP become adults with CP. We do not outgrow the disability.
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