Guidelines: How to Treat a Person with Cerebral Palsy

•  A person with C.P. would like to be treated like every other “normal” human being.
• 
  A person with C.P. wants to be treated with dignity and respect.
• 
  A person with C.P. wants to be given real choices and real opportunities to choose for
  themselves.
  • Realistic choices and opportunities so that people with C.P. can honesty survive
    in this world.
  • Shelter
  • Food
  • Clothing
  • Medical
  • Transportation
    • Car
    • Insurance
    • Gasoline

• A person with C.P doesn’t want to be held back in life because of another person’s
  professional judgments.
• 
  A person with C.P. would like to be asked if they need help. (Please don’t assume
  anything)
  • Emotional aid
  • Physical aid -like being moved in a wheelchair
  • Monetary aid- to move forward in life- to get a job- to go back to school- to get
    off governmental assistance.
  • Ask what kind of daily assistance one needs if needed.
  • Give the same kind of compassion that you would want.
  • Listen to/ and talk with C.P. individuals like you would anybody else.
    
    
• Give a person with C.P. a chance to pursue a self-directed career.
  • Employment-don’t discriminate.
  • Bring opportunity to the table of conversation.
  • Don’t label or slam the door closed on a person with Cerebral Palsy, just
    because they know their abilities and talents better than you.
• 
  Give people with C.P. a choice
  • Allow them to get funding to better themselves.
  • Allow them to complete their training or education. ( in the field they choose.)
  • Don’t pigeon hole anyone.
  • Allow them to develop personal relationships.
  • Encourage life choices outside of approved government settings.
• 
  Set up training programs in each state to teach and educate what people with C.P. need.
  (Not all Cerebral Palsy is the same.)
  • In all governmental Agencies and departments
  • Social Services
  • Police Department
  • Independent living and Rehabilitation Agencies
  • Educational Institutions
  • Society as a whole
  • One- on-one training group training programs
• 
  Set up more Laws to protect individuals with C.P.
  • More medical benefits to get the treatment one needs to survive.
  • Food stamps should automatically be given to survive.
  • Safe and secure Housing that is affordable for each client’s needs/ wants /desires