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Look Beyond My 'Wrapping' to See the Gift of My Cerebral Palsy

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Sometimes I describe cerebral palsy as feeling like a “bad” Christmas or birthday present wrapping job. It’s the gift that’s left in the corner because the wrapping job isn’t as “pretty” as it is on the rest of the gifts.

The thing is, though, you will never know what is under the “wrapping” if you don’t open the “gift.” After all, as the saying goes, “The best things come last.”  That is how it can feel when you have cerebral palsy.

You might enter a room with a limp, a wheelchair, or a person to assist you. But if you think that what you see is what you get, you’re missing out.

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