For World Cerebral Palsy Day 2024, UP again called on the government to adopt NICE guidelines so that adults with CP receive joint up healthcare.
To bring attention to the reality that CP is a lifelong condition, the charity launched a series of images to illustrate the lack of support available to those with CP throughout their adult lives. Positioned in front of Parliament Square, the symbolic gathering serves as a public statement to action real change.
Cerebral Palsy is a lifelong condition, so why is there not lifelong support?
Stats show that 90% of children with Cerebral Palsy reach adulthood and find themselves at a cliff-edge, without the support they had relied upon for their first 18 years of life[1]. As 130,000 adults live with CP, this makes the largest group in the UK living with a physical lifelong disability.
From all ages and backgrounds, the image depicts a line up of 21 people with cerebral palsy. Lined up in age order, it represents the full, adult lives of those with CP – proving why the message is so important.
