Sarah Ford | January 20, 2015

New Resource for People with Disabilities to be Community Driven

By O’Ryan Case

All of us at United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) are excited to see the launch of My Life Without Limits (www.MyLifeWithoutLimits.org). Connecting with others who have a disability is something that I never really did until I started working at UCP. Until then, I must have known less than a handful of others. My visits to the Nemours/Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children, or “The duPont Institute,” as I remember it were big deals– not just because I was meeting with doctors and nurses who understood my cerebral palsy (CP), but because I would see other kids and teens who had visible disabilities. Though I had the best family and friends and great times in and outside of school growing up, the visits brought a feeling of comfort– there, I felt “normal.”

When I joined UCP, my life changed. I began to understand how there are so many other people with disabilities (one billion worldwide). It was interesting how there are so many, yet I hardly knew of any others. Immediately, our stories were shared– those related to growing up and our relationships, jobs, goals and more. This connection is one that everyone should have the opportunity to experience.

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