Meet the CP celebrities you should know. Writer Nicole Luongo tells why these 7 cerebral palsy advocates need notoriety for raising awareness for cerebral palsy — the disability that gets the least attention in the media.
Cerebral Palsy
Cerebral Palsy Awareness Deserves Attention
Cerebral Palsy Awareness deserves attention, yet it continues to get ignored by the media year after year. Disability advocate Nicole Luongo and her friends from the CP Dream Team are on a mission to change this. See what they’ve accomplished + learn how you can help paint the world green for CP.
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We Are Cerebral Palsy
Author and poet Nicole Luongo pens this We Are Cerebral Palsy poem celebrating National CP Awareness Day in the United States on March 25 along with the 17 million people worldwide living with the most common physical disability in childhood.
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The Pain of Being ‘The Girl Who Walked Funny’
In this moving blog post, disability advocate Nicole Luongo gets real about being the girl who walked funny, how it affected her life and how it inspires her to raise awareness for cerebral palsy, the most common physical disability in childhood.
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10 Reasons Why You Should Wear Green After St. Patrick’s Day
March is Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month. Disability advocate Nicole Luongo shares 10 reasons why you should wear green after St. Patrick’s Day.
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Fighting Your CP Lion with Matt Rich
In this What CP Looks Like FB Live interview, disability advocate Nicole Luongo talks about fighting your CP lion with motivational speaker, Matt Rich. Tune in to find out the meaning of cerebral palsy, how to change the way you think about having a disability, why “inspiration porn” may be good for the cause + more!
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Overcoming Odds with Para Athlete Ryan Raghoo
In this What CP Looks Like FB Live interview, disability advocate Nicole Luongo talks about overcoming odds with Ryan Raghoo, international athlete, speaker and founder of Enabled Not Disabled. Tune in to find out how exercise can help people with cerebral palsy and/or other disabilities, the link between mental health issues + more!
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How to Be a Cerebral Palsy Advocate with Richelle Heath
In this What CP Looks Like FB live interview, Nicole Luongo talks to Richelle Heath about how to become a cerebral palsy advocate, the importance of advocacy and celebrating Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month.
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Celebrating Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month
Disability advocate Nicole Luongo is celebrating Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month by sharing 31 facts for each day of the month about the most common disability in childhood. Show your support by wearing green all month and on March 25, National CP Awareness Day in the United States.