On Living with Cerebral Palsy
As most of you probably know, I suffer from Cerebral Palsy (CP). It isn't something I generally talk about, but I've decided to put down in words some of my past and present experiences of living with CP. I may have mentioned portions of this before, but I think this is the first time I've actually thought through all of this.
( How it affects me )
( How it affects me )
That's good that she has a place where she can be around other kids with CP. I went to an Easter Seals summer camp and a winter camp as a teenager, but those camps were for people with disabilities generally and I only met one other person with CP. I was fairly well liked in the first town where I grew up, but had many problems after my family moved to a much larger city.
But I still really worry about her, especially when it comes time to go to college, get a job, etc.
College shouldn't be a problem, but jobs certainly can be. In undergrad I went through a co-op program and each job I got through phone interviews. It's hard because people will automatically judge you just based upon appearances. I could see it in their faces before they even started asking questions.
I am impressed that you worked on the issues you had, like anger management, until they weren't as critical anymore.
It was a serious problem, but I've had a lot of time to work on it. There are still a lot of other emotional problems that I haven't been able to get past.
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