Cerebral Palsy advocate Nicole Luongo vlogs about how ‘SDR Changes Lives’ one year after selective dorsal rhizotomy surgery with Dr. T.S. Park on St. Louis, on the cusp of turning 40 years old.
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Follow This Success Formula, Achieve Anything!
Nicole Luongo shares the success formula she applied after selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) surgery. Follow her simple advice to achieve anything in life. Ability + Motivation + Attitude = The Secret to Success!
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Bike Camp Bravery with Cerebral Palsy
Cerebral palsy advocate Nicole Luongo vlogs about braving bike camp at 41 years old, after having selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) surgery in 2013. Watch her do what she once thought was impossible.
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Mental Health: Take Charge, Feel Better
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Let’s talk about it, take charge of it, end the stigma! Learn the statistics, tips to feel better and find out about the connection between cerebral palsy + mental health.
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White House Cerebral Palsy Awareness Response
Disability advocate Nicole Luongo shares what happened when she wrote to The White House about Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month + SDR, a life-changing surgery for adults and children with cerebral palsy. Follow her tried-and-true tips to get your cause noticed.
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3 Must-Read Cerebral Palsy Books
On National Pay it Forward Day, author Nicole Luongo shares why you should put these 3 must-read cerebral palsy books on your reading list. Each compelling book is written by a person thriving with CP — and, one memoir is written by a woman who thought she had CP for 30 years!
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These 6 Cerebral Palsy Advocates Need Notoriety
Meet the CP celebrities you should know. Writer Nicole Luongo tells why these 6 cerebral palsy advocates need notoriety for raising awareness for cerebral palsy — the disability that gets the least attention in the media.
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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.