Filter by: All types All types CPSN News Health news Lifestyle Member stories Research 1 week ago Is a service animal the right fit for you? Assistance animals can assist people with hearing impairments, provide physical support to individuals with mobility issues, autism spectrum disorder, and epilepsy. Read more 16 June 2021 Meet Amy - our new Telehealth Nurse Amy brings not only sixteen years of knowledge from the nursing field, but she also has lived experience with cerebral palsy (CP). Her twin sons, Liam, and Ollie were both diagnosed with CP at 18 months of age. Amy used her Read more 18 May 2021 Dating with a disability One of my close friends has cerebral palsy. When she first began online dating in her early 20s, she was uncertain of the etiquette around disclosing her disability to a new guy. Read more Image 14 April 2021 Meet Alex - our new Customer Liaison Coordinator Alex's lived experience with cerebral palsy means that she uses her role to build meaningful connections with participants and ensure they connect with the right support workers for them. Alex chats to us about her first few m Read more 18 March 2021 Overcoming the challenges of finding Supported Disability Accommodation Although John and Kaye have always been deeply involved in Tim's overall wellbeing, they realised that caring for him in their home was not sustainable as they aged. Read more 05 March 2021 Choosing to challenge the expectations of an able-bodied world While International Women's Day exists to highlight the obstacles faced each day by women worldwide, there are increased challenges women with disabilities are also forced to confront. Read more 14 January 2021 Cerebral Palsy - The Next Generation The CP-Achieve Project is refreshing in its approach towards the CP community. Its objectives are centred on people as they transition from childhood through to adulthood. Read more 02 December 2020 A neuroscientist and poet not letting cerebral palsy get in her way Jerusha Mather is gaining some well-earned attention both in the medical community and the literary world. On top of completing a PhD in neuroscience, the 25-year-old has just smashed out her first book of poetry, 'Burnt bones and beautiful butterflies'. The book's title is inspired by Jerusha's lived experience with cerebral palsy. "I based it on a thought that beautiful things come out of challenging circumstances. Hence, the term; burnt bones and beautiful butterflies. Life throws at you negative and positive things, but there is goodness in everything when you find the courage to look deeper. These are the key messages I am trying to convey in my book," she explains. Read more Pagination 1 2 3 Next › >> Last
1 week ago Is a service animal the right fit for you? Assistance animals can assist people with hearing impairments, provide physical support to individuals with mobility issues, autism spectrum disorder, and epilepsy. Read more
16 June 2021 Meet Amy - our new Telehealth Nurse Amy brings not only sixteen years of knowledge from the nursing field, but she also has lived experience with cerebral palsy (CP). Her twin sons, Liam, and Ollie were both diagnosed with CP at 18 months of age. Amy used her Read more
18 May 2021 Dating with a disability One of my close friends has cerebral palsy. When she first began online dating in her early 20s, she was uncertain of the etiquette around disclosing her disability to a new guy. Read more
Image 14 April 2021 Meet Alex - our new Customer Liaison Coordinator Alex's lived experience with cerebral palsy means that she uses her role to build meaningful connections with participants and ensure they connect with the right support workers for them. Alex chats to us about her first few m Read more
18 March 2021 Overcoming the challenges of finding Supported Disability Accommodation Although John and Kaye have always been deeply involved in Tim's overall wellbeing, they realised that caring for him in their home was not sustainable as they aged. Read more
05 March 2021 Choosing to challenge the expectations of an able-bodied world While International Women's Day exists to highlight the obstacles faced each day by women worldwide, there are increased challenges women with disabilities are also forced to confront. Read more
14 January 2021 Cerebral Palsy - The Next Generation The CP-Achieve Project is refreshing in its approach towards the CP community. Its objectives are centred on people as they transition from childhood through to adulthood. Read more
02 December 2020 A neuroscientist and poet not letting cerebral palsy get in her way Jerusha Mather is gaining some well-earned attention both in the medical community and the literary world. On top of completing a PhD in neuroscience, the 25-year-old has just smashed out her first book of poetry, 'Burnt bones and beautiful butterflies'. The book's title is inspired by Jerusha's lived experience with cerebral palsy. "I based it on a thought that beautiful things come out of challenging circumstances. Hence, the term; burnt bones and beautiful butterflies. Life throws at you negative and positive things, but there is goodness in everything when you find the courage to look deeper. These are the key messages I am trying to convey in my book," she explains. Read more
