CP Teens UK Upcoming Disability Blogger of the Year 2020
Read all about my cerebral palsy and the challenges I have faced to discovered what I’ve learnt from my disability.
The aim of my blog is to capture both good experiences and bad experiences I have had and continue to have throughout my, life. Yes, I’ll admit I’m a positive person and even with the negative blogs I always seem to try and find a ‘positive ending’. However, I’d be lying if I said that… Continue reading Mentally Balancing the Positives and Negatives of My Disability
How great is it that normal life or the ‘new normal’ way of life is resuming? I’m very much enjoying seeing friends and family again and doing things other than sitting on my garden. However, as I am classed as more vulnerable, I’d be lying if I said that returning back to somewhat normal isn’t… Continue reading How Post Lockdown Is Affecting Both My Physical and Mental Health
Effective communication is a massive part of any work and in healthcare, it is really important. It’s unlikely that you will pass a practice placement if you can’t demonstrate these skills. Which leaves me feeling very worried about being on placement. You can guarantee that most of my reflections on placement will end it being… Continue reading Coming to Terms with Needing AAC in the Professional World
Hello, it feels good to be back blogging- although I’m wary that I no longer have an editor i.e my educator to edit the blog, therefore I’m feeling a little nervous as we all know that my ataxic features (jerkiness as part of my CP) don’t shy away from making a typo or 2, that… Continue reading Maintaining My Physical Needs During Lockdown
Happy National CP Awareness Day 2020!! Due to this placement I have been more focused on delivering occupational therapy content rather than cerebral palsy content. In this blog I aim to share a bit of both, alongside some photos of my younger self, to illustrate my journey. As many of you know, I have received… Continue reading National CP Awareness Day 2020: My Experiences as a Service User
At the end of the week, I am turning 20 (2 decades) however, before I look forward to the third decade I wanted to reflect on my last decade and talk about what I've learnt. I was debating discussing everything that I've learnt in the past 20 years but then I realised that it was… Continue reading What I Would Tell My 10-year-old Self
Happy New Year and happy 1st birthday to Not So Terrible Palsy! I cannot believe that I have been blogging for a year and what an amazing year it's been, I for one did not think that a year on people would still be reading my blog I'm incredibly thankful. So, I thought I would… Continue reading A Year of Not So Terrible Palsy
My initial thought for the last blog post of the year was to reflect on 2019 but seen as NSTP will be turning 1 shortly after Christmas I thought I'd save all the cheesy stuff for one long blog. Therefore, I will try and make this short so apologies if I get carried away... Christmas… Continue reading What Christmas Means to Me
I finally went to the CP Teens annual charity ball, I'm aware that I am late to the party but better late than never, right? From the beginning of this year, I have been a lot more involved with CP Teens UK, I love this charity so much and have already had some amazing experiences… Continue reading CP Teens Annual Charity Ball
This week I have been a bit poorly and I think it's fair to say that I certainly have the 'it's autumn- welcome to the colder months cold. Everyone has a cold as unfortunately, it's cold and flu season, however, having CP means that when I become ill it's affects me a lot more in… Continue reading How Cerebral Palsy Affects Me During Illness
