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By Louise Kinross

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Here are some quotes will draw you into the content:

From a Holland Bloorview family leader, on the crisis in finding and affording respite workers:  “I’m not enough. My body gets tired.” (See Parent Talk)

From an American comedian, who just authored a graphic novel about a tap-dancing Muslim girl with cerebral palsy: “Growing up, I was the only disabled person in my family and I was the only visibly disabled student at my school… I was also the only brown kid in my class. If you have never seen yourself reflected in a book, I hope you will in this one.” (See Book Shelf)

From a developmental pediatrics fellow about the difference a training program on early identification of children with cerebral palsy made in Ethiopia: “Pediatric residents told us that the training decreased [a] sense of worthlessness they used to feel when dealing with children with cerebral palsy. Now they can identify them early, before they develop significant functional impairments, and connect them with available rehab centres in the city.” (See Around The World)

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