My Favourite Words

Based on “The ‘F-words’ in Childhood Disability: I swear this is how we should think!” (© CanChild 2012) Created by Instituto Nossa Casa (Brazil) . English version produced by CP-NET with support from the Ontario Brain Institute.

Meet Jessica (Video)

In this video, Jessica (a community advisor on cerebral palsy research and person with lived experience) and Jan Willem (a clinician researcher studying cerebral palsy) tell us about cerebral palsy, some of the misconceptions that surround it and what we can do to tackle them. Produced by the Ontario Brain Institute for Brain Awareness Week 2017.

Meet Our Heroes

Meet Hunter and Mussa, two little boys who communicate nonverbally.

Letting go (at least a little bit)

Jan Willem Gorter discusses teens in transition in this video produced by the Cerebral Palsy Foundation. What do you do to encourage your child’s independence?

F-words Knowledge Hub

In 2011, Dr. Rosenbaum and Dr. Gorter published a paper titled: “The ‘F-words’ in Childhood Disability: I swear this is how we should think!” Inspired by over two decades of CanChild research and continual discussion amongst members of the CanChild family, the paper features six F-words that…