Hi, I’m Mia

Hi, I’m Mia! I’m fifteen and have a medical called Cerebral Palsy (Cerebral palsy is the name for a group of lifelong conditions that affect movement and co-ordination, caused by a problem with the brain that occurs before, during or soon after birth); it affects my right side as well as my speech a little too 🙂 This blog is going to be about life as teenager and her struggles (that don’t always have to do with her disability and not everybody will be the same). However, here I hope I’ll break down the stigma about having a disability and show that we are normal people too as well as hopefully supporting others too…

I got diagnosed when I was two years old, the doctors gave my family a fright when they told them I would never walk or talk. My family couldn’t care less whether I was severely disabled or not but the doctor that diagnosed me wasn’t specialised in neurology so my family got a second opinion in which led me to get diagnosed with level one spastic, hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy and that I could walk and talk eventually ( which I did and can do now!) but I would need corrective surgery when I was old enough. Thirteen years later, I’m four surgeries down, numerous amounts of therapies, medications and procedures ! All I can say is thank God for the NHS 😉

Hopefully you’ll stick around to read about my journey and I might even hear about yours, thank you for reading!

Mia xoxo