Although cerebral palsy is often thought of as a disability that mostly affects children, it is important to point out that its effects last a lifetime. I ought to know – I have lived with CP since shortly after my birth in the early 1960s and experienced the physical and emotional downside of the most […]
Growing Up With Cerebral Palsy – Part 11 of a Series
“High school isn’t a very important place. When you’re going you think it’s a big deal, but when it’s over nobody really thinks it was great unless they’re beered up.” ― Stephen King, Carrie Late August, 1980. The beginning of my three-year stint at South Miami Senior High School was not, shall we say, an […]
Growing Up With Cerebral Palsy – Part 10 of a Series
The 1979-80 school year was a bittersweet period in my life. I was about to turn 17 that spring, so I was perhaps one of the oldest ninth graders at Riviera Junior High School. The fact that I was one or two years older than most of my peers was a source of extreme embarrassment […]

