On the morning of Thursday, November 1, 1984, one day after I registered as a new student at what was then Miami-Dade Community College, my friend Betsy Matteis picked me up in her sporty Saturn. We had several errands to run so I could complete the application process; the first one necessitated a quick trip […]
Living with cerebral palsy: Going to college (Part One)
The day that profoundly changed my life – for good and ill – was October 31, 1984. It was a typically warm and humid fall day in South Florida, and as luck would have it, the same day that Indira Gandhi, India’s Prime Minister, was assassinated by two of her Sikh guards at her official […]
Living with CP often involves focusing on ability, not ‘disability’
It is estimated that some 500,000 children and adults in the United States manifest one or more of the symptoms of cerebral palsy. Currently, about 8,000 babies and infants are diagnosed with the condition each year. In addition, some 1,200 – 1,500 preschool age children are recognized each year to have cerebral palsy. – Texas […]