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National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Week
3 – 9 August 2008

What is Cerebral Palsy?

Celebrating the achievements of people with Cerebral Palsy

Cerebral Palsy Awareness Week 2008 is a national awareness week to celebrate the achievements of people with cerebral palsy.

Did you know?

• Cerebral Palsy (CP) is the most common form of childhood disability
• CP is an 'umbrella' description for a group of non-progressive disorders of movement and posture caused by damage to the developing brain.
• In Australia , it is estimated that a child is born every 18 hours that has or will develop CP (that is one in every 400 babies)
• CP manifests early in life and is a permanent, non-progressive condition.
• CP is not a disease and it is not contagious.
• CP is not hereditary or passed from one generation to the next.
• Most children with CP are healthy and can expect a normal life span.
• CP is one of the most expensive of all disabilities to manage.
• Early detection of CP and intervention can greatly reduce the severity of the disability.

 

Scope is committed to overcoming the personal, structural and attitudinal barriers that can prevent people with disability from participating in the community.