“Level the playing field, Guinness World Records”: Unofficial world record holders for half-marathon wheelchair tandem team calls for fairness and inclusivity for people with disabilities June 27 – Local boys Jason Cole and Rand Surbey smashed the Guinness World Record for fastest half marathon pushing a wheelchair at the Scotiabank Vancouver Half Marathon and Charity Challenge […]
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Raising awareness rain or shine
May is National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month so the clouds and rain weren’t going to stop us from setting up our awareness table in Robson Square on Thursday, May 26, 2016. Throughout the day we talked to our members, people passing by and even the protesters next to us about cerebral palsy and what we […]
What Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month Means to Me
By Stacey Francis with contributions from members of Youth Without Limits May is Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month in Canada. Nationally, 1 in 500 babies are born with cerebral palsy, and it is considered the most common childhood physical disability. This is a significant portion of the population and clearly there is a need for cerebral […]
World Cerebral Palsy Day 2015 a success!
CPABC proudly supported World Cerebral Palsy Day on October 7, 2015. World Cerebral Palsy Day is a movement of people with cerebral palsy and their families, and the organisations that support them, in more than 50 countries. World CP Day is celebrated globally with the message “I am here… We are here” and reflects the […]
Congrats to Ekamjit Ghuman from Surrey, BC on winning the World CP Day People’s Choice Award for her amazing idea!
For Immediate Release: SURREY WOMAN EARNS INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION A woman from Surrey has been recognized with the People’s Choice Award for the World CP Day 2014 “Change the world in one minute” campaign led by Cerebral Palsy Alliance. Ekamjit Ghuman’s idea to feature models with cerebral palsy in advertising campaigns was voted the most popular […]
