| Thanks to many aggressive advocates of the | | | | support and information sharing about local resources |
| cerebral palsy community, the number of cerebral | | | | and new treatments available. For higher-functioning |
| palsy resources available to parents continues to | | | | cerebral palsy sufferers, organizations like the March |
| grow. For parents who suspect their newborn or | | | | of Dimes or Goodwill have job training and |
| young child may have the disease, organizations like | | | | employment services to help individuals who suffer |
| the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and | | | | from cerebral palsy and other disabilities find work. |
| Stroke (NINDS), the March of Dimes, or United | | | | Online Cerebral Palsy Resources Shouldn't be |
| Cerebral Palsy (UCP) give helpful information about | | | | Overlooked |
| symptoms, prognosis, and questions parents should | | | | Especially for families that don't live in or near a major |
| ask their doctor. | | | | metropolitan area,online cerebral palsy resources can |
| These and other resources help provide respite or | | | | help fill the gap. Instead of attending a localsupport |
| child care for parents that are overburdened, or adult | | | | group at a church or public meeting place, a mother or |
| day care programs for dependent adult children. Some | | | | father looking totalk to other parents can find |
| of them even provide fun opportunities for cerebral | | | | numerous blogs, chat rooms, and mailing lists tohelp |
| palsy sufferers and their families to go camping, have | | | | when they can't get together with others in person, but |
| a dance, or participate in other recreational activities | | | | still want to takeadvantage of cerebral palsy |
| within a supportive environment. Most libraries or | | | | resources. For individuals afflicted with thedisease, who |
| bookstores have books which provide further | | | | may be unable to leave their homes or otherwise be |
| information, from the personal stories of cerebral palsy | | | | mobile, onlinecerebral palsy resources can be a |
| victims and their caregivers to medical journals on the | | | | godsend, allowing them to talk with others whoaccept |
| subject. | | | | them and even share in the difficulties of having this |
| Local support groups for families with an individual | | | | disease. |
| suffering from cerebral palsy regularly get together for | | | | |