The Cerebral Palsy Alliance of Australia (nee Spastic Centre) certainly seems to think so:

I’m speechless, really. Philip Patston sums it up well, though:

Instead of saying “disabled kids need your help because bureaucracy is inefficient and you might as well make a donation and make your tax dollar go somewhere useful,” some half baked advertising exec has come up with a heart-wrenching diatribe of worrisome, fearful, world-shattering, devastating, agonising testimony from weary parents.

What do you think?

I’m a self-confessed gadget freak. As it is, I’m currently writing this review on my Macbook, which is connected to the internet via bluetooth through my iPhone, and on another day, this might very well have been written on my iPad. Point is: I love my technology, and particularly the way it can enhance my life and the lives of other disabled people.

Playstation Move, for the uninformed, is a little bit like the Nintendo Wii. You play games by standing in front of your TV, pretending to wack a golf ball or fight in a gladiator duel, and your movements are picked up by a camera sitting on top of your TV, allowing you to interact with the game with your body instead of a traditional gaming controller. Needless to say, as soon as I got wind of this revolution in gaming I sped down to my local electronics store and picked up a starter pack. I had one lingering question, however: as a wheelchair user, would I be able to use Playstation Move?

Read on to find out!

Come on now, really? Cerebral palsy and theatre don’t mix! And yet, Bats Theatre in Wellington is challenging that notion by staging ‘KatyDid’, the lead character of which does indeed have cerebral palsy. It’s almost worth a trip down to the capital to see it!

The play is proving so popular that they’re adding extra shows this weekend to cope with the demand. So if you live in Wellington, and fancy a bit of spice with your theatre, grab your tickets now!

Although I’m told, somewhat ironically, that the theatre itself is inaccessible to wheelchair users… sigh!

Dig your teeth into this one folks, coz it’s juicy. The BBC is reporting that mother of 15-year old Katie Thorpe, who lives in Essex, England, wants her daughter to have a hysterectomy in order to “improve her quality of life”. Katie has quite severe cerebral palsy, and is unable to communicate verbally, which, her mother believes, could make life very embarrassing once she began menstruating. If it goes ahead, it would be the first time a voluntary hysterectomy has