6 Easy Ways to Celebrate Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month
March is Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month — the chance to celebrate the 17 million people that are living with cerebral palsy (CP). There are many ways you can celebrate cerebral palsy awareness month, and here are a few of my favorites.
1. Wear green for Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month.
Wearing green — the cerebral palsy awareness color — is just one of the many ways you can spread the word about Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month. This way, you can represent that you care about cerebral palsy awareness and educate others about the importance of spreading awareness about cerebral palsy.
2. Post about cerebral palsy on social media for Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month.
Posting about cerebral palsy on social media platforms, like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, is one of the best ways to spread awareness about Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month since you can reach a large audience. Share some facts about cerebral palsy, or if you’re living with CP, share your own story.
3. Ask local businesses to display green lights for Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month.
Asking local businesses to put up green lights this month is a great way to spread cerebral palsy awareness. People might ask employees about the green light displays, which will get businesses talking about cerebral palsy and make more people aware.
4. Write to government officials about the importance of Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month.
Writing to government officials about Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month can go a long way in spreading CP awareness. Not only does it make politicians aware of Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month, but it also allows for cerebral palsy to potentially receive statewide or national attention.
5. Volunteer with a nonprofit that helps people with cerebral palsy this Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month.
Volunteering at a nonprofit organization that supports people with cerebral palsy can both directly and indirectly impact people with CP in a positive way. If your friends ask you about your volunteer work, you might even find more people who are interested volunteering and raising awareness of cerebral palsy.
6. Host a social event for people with cerebral palsy during Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month.
Hosting social events for those with cerebral palsy is a great way to meet people with cerebral palsy and truly connect with them. It can also help people with CP come together as a community and meet others they might be able to relate to through shared experiences.
There are many ways you can celebrate Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month. Choose a way that feels right for you, and make a difference in your community as you spread awareness about cerebral palsy and what it’s like to live with this condition.
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Tylia L. Flores is a twenty-eight-year-old born with Spastic Cerebral Palsy. Despite her condition that affects her mobility, she does not allow it to affect her will and determination to make a difference in the world. Through her many life challenges and obstacles, she discovered her passion for writing. Tylia’s goal in life is to share her stories with the world. In doing so, she hopes to help others with disabilities realize that they, too, have the potential to make their dreams come true. Tylia is not only an author. She’s a radio show personality and a disability activist. Tylia has written about disability-related topics for Yahoo Life, Your Tango, The Mighty, ReadUnwritten.com, Words Between Coasts Project, Wednesday, Spilwords, and Goble Thrive. Worth Living Among her other appearances are Disability on the Spectrum and Why I was Afraid of Sexuality. Previously, Tylia was nominated to Diversabilities list of the most influential Disability Impacts of 2022. Additionally, Tylia holds the position of chairman in the creative director role for the North American Association Of Cerebral Palsy Advocates. She serves as a mentor for the Disability EmpowHer Network as well. Tylia also works for Write It Up Publishing as a sensitivity reader focusing on disability representation. Tylia has also been involved in many movie press releases for Samuel Goldwyn Films Come as you are Piece of me which was the short film directed and written by award winning filmmaker Bruna Cabral as well as the film adaptation of the book Calvin can’t fly by Jenifer Burnes Tylia is also a keynote speaker at 2020’s Cerebral Palsy Awareness conference. She has also been a guest speaker at Northeastern State University Broken Arrow where she talks to college students about disability and inclusion in education. She has also been a guest speaker at Plantation Middle School, where she discussed inclusion and disability with classmates. Tylia is fully certified in Education for All: Disability, Diversity, and Inclusion through Cape Town University. She’s also certified in Understanding Diversity and Inclusion through Purdue University. She’s also certified in creative writing at the University of East Anglia. Tylia hosts the Stomping On cerebral Palsy radio show with DJ Ty on Asheville FM with DJ Mouse during the Come On In the Kitchen segment once a month she also helps the staff behind the scenes, help bring awareness to disability awareness and inclusion within the radio broadcasting industry .
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