Living with CP Cerebral Palsy is a general term for weakness of the brain, characterized by deficits in motor control and coordination. Cerebral palsy is lifelong. According to the Cerebral Palsy Guide. Current estimates of cerebral palsy prevalence are as high as 3 cases per 1,000 children. “Living with cerebral palsy has been the central […]
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“I feel like most people watch superhero movies and are like That’s fiction. So I don’t understand why, because there’s a blind superhero and people have blurred the line between fiction and reality.” –Molly Burke Blurring Fiction and Reality One reason people may blur the lines is that there are so few points of
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The Stigma of Masculinity Men’s mental health is stigmatized with double standards or stereotypes that masculinity and expressing emotions cannot co-exist. “Boys don’t cry. Men are strong and stoic. On the other hand, people with disabilities need help to live full lives and are seen as inspirational when they do. These two ideas from American
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John 9:1-3 — Not Because of Sin “As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be
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Relatability Is The Bigger Impact Here The film Door to Door (2002) ends with a newspaper writing a piece on Bill Porter being a positive part of people’s lives and an inspiration. Of course, Bill was against being highlighted. The context of why someone is inspirational matters to the disability community because it is not a given
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The casting of Cranston to play a disabled character was controversial. According to Statista, the percentage of characters with disabilities shown on broadcast television dropped from 3.5% to 2.8% in 2022.
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Living with cerebral palsy has been the central identity that has made me different my whole life. Since I have had cerebral palsy since birth when people ask what’s it like living with cerebral palsy? I don’t have a clear answer.
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The top question not to ask a disabled person is, “what’s wrong with you?” It assumes the person is abnormal or broken and that there is an answer to that offensive question. I only know what it’s like living with cerebral palsy.
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As a child, I was at least as “curious” about other disabilities as my able-bodied peers. I had questions about specific disabilities, such as visual impairments or hard-of-hearing people, that others without disabilities have. However, that doesn’t make it right for me to ask invasive questions of other disabled people.
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