Proudly wearing green

As some of you know March is Cerebral Palsy Awareness month, and March 25th is Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day. I was just looking up how many people in America have CP, just out of curiosity. This is what I found:

• About 764,000 children and adults currently have cerebral palsy 
• About 500,000 children under age of 18 currently have cerebral palsy 
• About two to three children out of every 1,000 have cerebral palsy (United States studies have yielded rates as low as 2.3 per 1,000 children to as high as 3.6 per 1,000 children)
• About 10,000 babies born each year will develop cerebral palsy 
• Around 8,000 to 10,000 babies and infants are diagnosed per year with cerebral palsy
• Around 1,200 to 1,500 preschool-aged children are diagnosed per year with cerebral palsy

I was actually kinda surprised to read this, honestly. This year we (people with CP) are painting the world green for Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day. Would you please join us in this act and spread awareness? Just wear green for someone you know that has CP. 

http://cerebralpalsy.org/about-cerebral-palsy/prevalence-and-incidence/