Last month, Up Movement shared the statistic that adults with cerebral palsy are 40% more likely to develop anxiety than adults without CP.

Hemiplegia: paralysis of one side of the body. “Hemi” – Greek for half. My hemiplegia is a form of cerebral palsy. I have left-sided...

Scarlett describes how sharing lived experiences of having cerebral palsy can counteract how lonely the experience of disability can be.

‘We’ve got to find her.’ I say, slightly pleadingly. Mum and I feel like we’re going to pass out in the hot stuffiness of the loft. Mum...

After a medical professional said that Scarlett "suffered" with hemiplegia, she felt riled, and decided to write about it.

When Scarlett's daughter was born, she did not see her as disabled, she just saw her as Mummy. This changed how Scarlett viewed herself.

As a child, I longed for a disabled friend. I could not articulate why but I knew that I wanted one. I saw only glimpses of kids who were...

‘Why? Why? But why? No really, why?’ I have a distinct memory of a conversation I struck up with my mother. I knew that I was disabled. I...

When I was pregnant with my daughter, I spent a lot of time agonising over how I would physically care for her. Babies are needy,...

I remembered his dark hair falling in front of his face when he wrote: turned totally inwards, a left-handed elegant scrawl. He was...

I was sixteen when I first read Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. I thought it was genius and I’ve thought that each time I’ve re-read it. It...

‘You are beautiful.’ Upon hearing this, especially if it is said by a man I am attracted to, my immediate reaction is resistance. A small...

‘I did it!’ shouts my two-year-old daughter. She does a vigorous jig to the music the doorbell emits. She presses it again, ‘I did it!’...

Tentatively, the student midwife tries to reposition my left hand so that it is holding the baby. My left hand fails to flatten against...

On my first #WorldCPDay, I ask that you challenge your own reactions to stories about disabled people.

‘What’s wrong with you? You’re walking funny!’ A man, obviously very drunk, shouts at me. I am walking down the street to pick up some...