My Story Of Cerebral Palsy

Some family have stereotypical ideas about disabled, but for Amy Purdy and her family that motivate them to live their lives beyond their limits. Although, she lost some parts of her body. For example, she lost both her legs below the knees, the spleen, kidneys. Unfortunately, she became unable to hear in her left ear. Another person who born with disability, Maysoon Zayid which is cerebral palsy. However, she did not give up for this so she worked hard and persevere to get a scholarship which was from Arizona State University. From Amy Purdy and Maysoon Zayid, we learn that facing problems forces us to get creative, and we should be optimistic when we want to change a critical situation.

In the video “Inclusion, belonging, and the disability revolution” (TEDTalks, 2014), speaker Jennie Fenton opens with describing situations where people with disabilities are segregated and excluded from their communities, sent to live together away from society, or even treated as lesser humans. She then proceeds to introduce her family, including her six-year-old daughter that was diagnosed with cerebral palsy. Jennie admits to previously having negative or frightened thoughts about having a child with a disability, but with her “seven realizations,” she learned that her daughter was merely on a different path than others, but that no one should ever feel broken or not a whole person (TEDTalks, 2014). After she explains that there are roughly one billion people with a disability throughout the world, Jennie states that she believes in possibility over disability. If a person’s

Many of the websites had very little information I was looking for and I started to get fed-up with the whole research paper. As I was searching on this website I was looking for this topic and I can’t find information. That’s when I felt like I was doing something wrong because I can’t find what I’m looking for on these websites. Since I was having a hard time with my work so I tried Handbook Occupational website. On that site it was a little confusing so then I turned to another resource and that was looking inside of a book.

When my older sister, Molly, was ten years old, she was a temporary cripple. Molly went through a pretty big surgery that would stop her from tripping over her pigeon toed legs. While living a couple months in her wheelchair, an uncle of ours came to visit. His warm welcome to my sister was pushing her into a corner, locking her wheelchair, and calling her a windowlicker. Thankfully, my sister has tough skin. She took what others would find scarring, all as a joke. It is hard not to be reminded of the unexpected response my sister gave while reading the essay “I AM a Cripple” by Nancy Mairs. Within this essay, the author describes her life as a cripple suffering with MS. While sharing her thoughts and emotions (gerund) from

The Other Sister serves as a good reminder that people with disabilities aren’t really all that much different from neurotypical people. I sometimes find myself falling into the trap of thinking that people with disabilities are innocent or are always in need of help. Just because some people have disabilities doesn’t mean that it’s fair of me to hold them all to the same standards. Next time I find myself generalizing people with disabilities, I will try to step back and see them how they see

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Over the past four years I have seen more doctors than an average person would see in their lifetime. From endocrinologists to neurosurgeons, I have tirelessly sought medical help to overcome multiple traumatic brain injuries I incurred as an early teen. Prior to these head injuries I wasn't exactly sure what I wanted to do with my life or what my future would encompass. The outlook I had on life prior to my head injuries has drastically changed through the course of my recovery. Although my road to recovery has been filled with hardships, disappointments, and pain, I have found a new direction filled with opportunity to advocate on behalf of others.

Davis’ learning disability has also had a social influence on her behavior. Ms. Davis’ disability affects how she interacts with friends, family, acquaintances, and authority figures. Ms. Davis lacks skills to know how to interpret social cues such as body language, or eye contact. She has difficulties with her internal process which is how she manages her emotions and social output or how she expresses these feelings or emotions. Since 2013 Ms. Davis has lived with her daughter Samika in a family shelter in New York. Ms. Davis has had to rely on herself as she has no family, friends, and limited financial support. Ms. Davis has been isolated from her family since the birth of Samika in 2010. Both of Ms. Davis’ parents are in care, her mother in hospice, and her father in a nursing home and she doesn’t speak to any of her 3 siblings. Ms. Davis has no friends since moving to New York she has lived in isolation. Ms. Davis distrust of others has made it difficult for her to form relationships or bonds with others. Ms. Davis receives SSI for her disability but it’s not enough for her and Shanika to live off

The Internet and sophisticated search engines and databases have significantly changed how nurses find this clinical information. Although Internet users have a breadth of information resources readily available, the quality of these resources is unmonitored. As a result, there is often a disconnect between the convenience of Google searching for any information and purposeful searching of more complex databases for reliable, credible information (p.1).

Although Google does offer various resources for information, it brings a person to a place where they are reading so many different

This week at clinical I was able to have two different patients. My first patient was a seven year old girl that was in for right lobe pneumonia. She was in droplet precautions and receiving azithromycin. Since she was on her last dose of azithromycin, once I give her it, me and the nurse discharged her and she went home. I only worked with the seven year old patient for about 3 hours so I had enough time to get another patient for the day to do an assessment on and take care of.

My research question is “How safe are the students from sexual assault on UIUC campus?” At first, I used basic key terms in a google search like “Sexual assault”, “UIUC”, and “campus safety.” One of the first articles I cam up with was by The Daily Illini, the student newspaper.

Melody Brooks was born with cerebral palsy. Her parents have done all they can to help her live a normal life, but life is often frustrating for Melody because she cannot speak or communicate her wishes. In fact, Melody was even diagnosed as profoundly retarded when she was five. Despite this, Melody's mother enrolled her in public school to give her the opportunities she needed to succeed.

One night at Adena in Chillicothe on August twenty eighth, nineteen ninety-eight my parents were blessed with a child. I came into this world, five weeks early weighing six pounds and ten ounces around the time of three o’clock in the evening. When I was born, I was sick, which caused me to be hospitalized for two weeks, this eventually led to the diagnose of Cerebral Palsy, Cerebral Palsy is a disability of the brain and nervous system. Cerebral Palsy effected my childhood by not allowing me to do things every other child could do. For the longest time I could not use the left side of my body. It got to the point where my right hand was held behind my back to make me use my left arm. I have lived in Oak Hill my entire life and have attended

Have you ever realized that you have a skill that others are absolutely incapable of doing? I bet that that your mind immediately went to your drawing skills, your ability to do an Olli, or your impressive skills in twerking. Never did you think that it was your ability to walk a straight line, hold a cup properly, or the ability to control your own bladder. Most people don’t think about it but others who have cerebral palsy cannot do those things as well as many other things we take for granted. “Cerebral palsy is characterized by an inability to fully control motor function, particularly muscle control and coordination.” Cerebral Palsy is usually associated with difficulty in swallowing and problems with