Friday, March 23, 2007

first post

G’day everyone,

Well, this is my first post in my exciting new project. The idea behind this blog is that I write about my experiences as a young woman with Cerebral Palsy (CP) and anything else disability related and hopefully it will become a resource for people with CP, their parents, carers, friends families, teachers and basically anyone out there who is interested.

I was asked by my counsellor at the local community centre to write about CP and any related disability issues from my point of view so that it could help raise disability awareness in my community. The only problem she had was that she wasn’t sure how to get my writings out to the community. I suggested a blog because I hope that people who read it will add their own thoughts and experiences in the comments section and this will become an even bigger/better resource.

I’m not sure what I’ll write about first, or how often I’ll write on here. I thought I’d write a little about me and you can learn more and get my medical updates at www.caringbridge.org/visit/karenmelissa . if anyone has any comments or questions or anything to add about what I write up here at any time please leave a comment in the comments section of any post.

My name is Karen and I’m 23 years old and I live in Australia with my parents and dog whose name is Flea and some goldfish. I attend the local TAFE, and university. I love to read and write, watch movies, listen to music and I’m a motor sports fanatic. My favourite colour is purple.

I have a type of cp called Spastic Diplegia . it affects my legs and also my right arm. I am not affected by the CP intellectually in anyway although there seems to be an automatic assumption by the community that I am- that’s a post for another day. I use a wheelchair to get around all the time and have both an electric and a manual chair.

If anyone has any questions or anything you’d like to ask me please leave a comment. I will write again really soon.

Karen

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Karen, this Blog on explaining CP and it's related illness is a terrific idea. If you need my help for comments or suggestings I'm more than willing to help!! Keep up the terrific work!

Take Care
LOVE,
Chantelle
XOXOXOXOXOXO

Anonymous said...

Karen, this Blog on explaining CP and it's related illness is a terrific idea. If you need my help for comments or suggestings I'm more than willing to help!! Keep up the terrific work!

Jacqui said...

Welcome to the blogging world Karen. Is it okay for me to link you in to my blog? Great to hear from a fellow Aussie!

Anonymous said...

Yay you've come over to the darkside and started a blog! Reading that entry I was struck once again by how similar in so many ways yet dissimilar in others our CP stories are.

Love and Hugs, Emma xx

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