About Cerebral Palsy
There are more than 17 million people across the world living with cerebral palsy.
Another 350 million people are closely connected to a child or adult with cerebral palsy.
There are over 1 billion people around the world who live with a disability. Yet we still navigate a world that is not designed to be accessible.
It is the most common physical disability in childhood. Cerebral palsy is a permanent disability that affects movement.
Its impact can range from a weakness in one hand, to almost a complete lack of voluntary movement.
It is a complex disability:
- 1 in 4 children with cerebral palsy cannot talk
- 1 in 4 cannot walk
- 1 in 2 have an intellectual disability
- 1 in 4 have epilepsy.
Cerebral palsy is a lifelong disability and there is no known cure.
World Cerebral Palsy Day — October 6th
Every World Cerebral Palsy Day, we ask people around the world to come together to celebrate and support those living with cerebral palsy, embrace diversity and to help create a more accessible future for everyone.
There are over 1 billion people around the world who live with a disability. Yet we still navigate a world that is not designed to be accessible.
This World Cerebral Palsy Day, we are on the search to find the next breakthrough in accessible technology and there is no one is better to help us than the cerebral palsy community, made up of millions of individuals with creative ideas and lived experience.
We’re calling on all people with cerebral palsy, friends, family and supporters to share your boldest accessible technology ideas.
Every submission has a chance to win $5,000 USD.
The ideas will be voted and shortlisted by the community in the lead up to World Cerebral Palsy Day.
Reference: * Novak I, Hines M,Goldsmith S, Barclay R (2012) Clinical Prognostic Messages from a Systematic Review on Cerebral Palsy, Pediatrics, 130:5
Originally published at https://worldcpday.org.
