I’m trying to decide if I want to get back into running slowly, or go all out and start torturing my body with the hill workouts we used to do in high school.

I too did a similar search on cerebral palsy and running before writing this post. Thanks so much for leaving a comment and letting me know you enjoyed my post. I’ve subscribed to your blog and I’m excited to read about your experiences running.

I attempted to respond to your question as a comment and I couldn’t respond with few enough words. So, I wrote a blog post on running with cerebral palsy.

Overcoming years of “special” treatment by your primary school teachers will make college challenging, but challenges are fun. I wish you luck in college.

It was a hot and humid day in June. When my mother received the tragic news that would affect the rest of our lives. The doctor told my mother that I wound never walk or talk, because I was born with cerebral palsy.
When I was an infant. My family was very support of me they knew that something was wrong with me. But the whole family said, I would be fine he is a strong baby. My mother seen that I couldn’t use my left side but I could uses my right side. Then my mother new that I would be fine in her heart but, she new I would not get better. She believes if she works with me she can make it go away. But, she new it would not go away. My mother tried to teach me how to talk but I would not say a word. Furthermore, I never crawled because I could not use my left arm. When I tried to crawl, I was unable to pull myself up so I would just lie there. Because of this, I had to stay in my crib at times. My mother never gave up on me she worked with me everyday unit I was eighteen months old.

On a day in fed was one the most proudest days in my mother life. Some how I pull myself up with my right arm and I began to walk around the coffee table. I got half way to the other side and my mother was overjoyed with tears. Then I fell. A couple of weeks when by and I was getting better at walking and saying a couples of words. Then my mother calls the doctors and makes appoint for a check up. When we went to the doctors and my mother had The biggest smile for ear to ear. When the doctor came in the room he stated and asking my mom how I’m doing and she said, do u want to see something. Then she put me down and I started to walk. The doctor said that great the doctors said, we need to change my treatments immediately to a more appropriate for me.

My chance in life was limited my disorder. The reason why I say that is because I Couldn’t do what the other kids were doing. When I try riding my bike I fell when I fell I just got back up and keep on trying. The other kids were climb tress I would be at home. Crying because I can’t climb a tree so I just stay home unlit my friends was done playing. They came and got me after they was done playing the tress. My friend never made fun of me because they knew something was wrong with me.

When I was growing up attending school was very difficult for me. It seems that Every school was passing me one not teaching me anything. Finally, we moved out of Detroit after livening there for ten years. To Hazel Park. It was hard to leave my friends behind. The reason we had to move was so I could receive a better education. This was because the Detroit schools were not teaching me anything. They were just passing me to diffent classes each year. I didn’t like the move to Hazel Park because I didn’t know anybody.
It took me a couple of weeks to make a new friend. When I made a friend his name was Mike and he told me that he knew how it felt to be the new person in town. We started doing everything together, such as going to the mall, shopping, and going to the movies. He helped me the most when his friends became to my friends too.

When I made it to Jr High School, I didn’t know anyone. This was because all of my friends went to a diffent school then I did. I went to a special Ed school. It took me a while to adjust to my new school because I had not made any friends yet. When I did made a new friend his named Rob and he was in all of my classes. He helped me with my work. At lunch, we always ate together. Then one day, Rob was not in school. They told the whole school that Rob got hit by a car and died. It took me a long time to get over it and to today I am still not over it. I think we would have been friends for life! My greatest accomplishment was getting my high school diploma in June of 2002.

When people said, that I wouldn’t get my diploma and I did so I prove them all wrong by do so. Now i’m in colleges has open my eyes to new challenges. Faced with these new challenges, I found that higher education was more difficult than I anticpated. It’s more difficult for me because attended Special ED classes during high school. Therefore, I wasn’t challened the way I should have been. When I did attend high school classes, I achieved good grades because I work extra hard. I believe they a mistake when I was placed in special education courses. Now that i’m in college, I can finally advance my education and reach the potential I’m capable of.

This is the first time that I’ve been on my own. At first I was scared, but now I know that I will be all right. I know that I will miss my family and friends, but this is something I must do. Also, I’m the first one in my family to go to college. I’m very proud of myself, not only because I’m the first from my family to go attend college, but also because of the obstacles that I have overcome to get here. This is how college has changed and changing my life.