Jessica Grono is an educator, speaker and writer. Jessica has a degree inEducation. She is a wife and mother of two children. Jessica has several blogs because she enjoys educating people on cancer, cerebral palsy, parenting and general knowledge. Jessica is former Ms. Wheelchair Pennsylvania.
Handicapped-accessible parking spaces are for people with disabilities. In a recent news report, a disabled California man said he was physically assaulted because he asked someone not to park in a handicapped-accessible space. I don’t understand why anyone would have a problem with being asked to move out of…
Read moreSpring and summer are often a time for travel and adventure. There are places to see and things to do, so never allow your disability to hold you back. Having a disability can make doing things like travel a bit more complicated, but never impossible, especially if…
In the last few weeks, I’ve seen an increasing number of news stories about children and adults with cerebral palsy being horribly abused or having their rights taken away. Finding the right words to portray how I feel about these issues isn’t easy for me, but we must address this…
We often hear so many terrible things in the news that we want to turn off our radio or TV. Stories about people being unkind to each other, political controversy, violence, murder. So it was a breath of fresh air to hear a story about an actor…
As a young girl, one of my main goals in life was to be taught in a regular classroom. I longed for it, and grew jealous of my brother and sister who were in a regular classroom. I didn’t feel challenged enough academically in a physically handicapped…
Have you ever had a day when you forget that you have cerebral palsy? You simply wake up, do your normal routine and don’t even think about your disability at all. Then, when you least expect it, society reminds you of how people can view you. I…
April is Autism Awareness Month, and April 2 was World Autism Awareness Day — with many people wearing blue to show their support of autism awareness. Across the country, special events and educational workshops concerning autism will take place this month. Surprisingly, cerebral palsy (CP) and autism are…
Sometimes people have no idea what to say to a person with a disability. They make a simple task of communication into an awkward stream of words. People who have disabilities do not need to be treated differently, or to be reminded that they have a disability.
March 25 is National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day, a government-sanctioned observance that will remind us we’ve come a long way toward understanding cerebral palsy but we still have work to do. I have seen major improvements in treating cerebral palsy in my lifetime — an excellent development.
What were you doing when you were seven years old? Most seven-year-olds are playful and energetic, and enjoy running freely. But cerebral palsy changes a normal perspective into something extraordinary. When I was seven, a brand new world opened up to allow me to have a little…
March is important and exciting for those of us with cerebral palsy because it’s Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month. In March, we can educate, volunteer, and get to know others with CP. Green is the color for cerebral palsy awareness, so you should wear green on more than…
Service dogs play an important role for people with cerebral palsy and many other disabilities, because they provide a range of services that are custom tailored to the specific needs of their owners. Most importantly, specialty trainer service dogs offer their owners independence both on a physical and emotional level…
Dating is difficult for everyone at one time or another. Disability or not, finding a date, asking for a date, and actually going out on a date is stressful. What do you do when you have a disability and want to date? Should you just forget about it,…
