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This event is an opportunity to understand cerebral palsy as a lifelong condition, including the consequences of aging and the associated co-morbidities. It will consider the challenges faced by the 130,000 community of adults with CP, the lack of coordinated care, and how this impacts them achieving full-life participation. It will also explore innovative solutions for a better future, using insights from professionals and patients living and working with the condition.
“You become 18 and then [all support] stops. But your Cerebral Palsy doesn’t disappear when you’re 18, but the services seem to stop.”
Barriers for adults with Cerebral Palsy on achieving full life participation: access to healthcare services and progressing at work, a report of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Cerebral Palsy, March 2022
During this meeting you will:
This is a unique chance to connect and engage with the adult cerebral palsy community. Delegates will have the opportunity to hear some personal and professional experiences of living and working with cerebral palsy, and understand how best to manage this condition. Topics include the consequences of aging and associated co-morbidities, innovative solutions, APPG report recommendations, and more.
Samantha Simmonds, News Presenter
Scarlett Murray, Writer
Dr Mark Peterson, Associate Professor, University of Michigan Medicine
Professor Jan Willem Gorter, Head and Professor of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Department of Rehabilitation, Physical Therapy Science and Sports, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital and Princess Maxima Center
Mrs Natalie South-Law, Disability Lead, Sported
Dr Kirsty Colquhoun, Consultant Geriatrician, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Mrs Jean Martin, Retired Podiatrist
Samantha Simmonds
Dr Elisabet Rodby Bousquet, Lund University, Uppsala University Sweden
Liz Keenan, Clinical Nurse Specialist, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and Dr Dipesh Patel, Psychologist, Department of Neuropsychiatry and Department of Neuropsychology, University College London Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Lily Collison, Programme Director, Gillette Children’s Press
Mr Michail Kokkinakis, Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Evelina London Children’s Hospital
Carrie-Ann Lightley, Head of Marketing, AccessAble
Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie, Chief Executive Officer, Cerebral Palsy Scotland
Emma Livingstone, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Adult Cerebral Palsy Hub
Drinks reception
Samantha Simmonds, News Presenter
Scarlett Murray, Writer
Dr Mark Peterson, Associate Professor, University of Michigan Medicine
Professor Jan Willem Gorter, Head and Professor of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Department of Rehabilitation, Physical Therapy Science and Sports, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital and Princess Maxima Center
Mrs Natalie South-Law, Disability Lead, Sported
Dr Kirsty Colquhoun, Consultant Geriatrician, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Mrs Jean Martin, Retired Podiatrist
Samantha Simmonds
Dr Elisabet Rodby Bousquet, Associate Professor, Lund University, Uppsala University Sweden
Liz Keenan, Clinical Nurse Specialist, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and Dr Dipesh Patel, Psychologist, Department of Neuropsychiatry and Department of Neuropsychology, University College London Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Lily Collison, Programme Director, Gillette Children’s Press
Mr Michail Kokkinakis, Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Evelina London Children’s Hospital
Carrie-Ann Lightley, Head of Marketing, AccessAble
Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie, Chief Executive Officer, Cerebral Palsy Scotland
Emma Livingstone, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Adult Cerebral Palsy Hub
Drinks reception
Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom
Registration for this event will close on Wednesday 6 July 2022 at 01:00am. Late registrations will not be accepted.
The agenda is subject to change at any time.
All views expressed at this event are of the speakers themselves and not of the Royal Society of Medicine, nor the speaker's organisations.
We are only able to share presentations that we have received permission to share. This is at the presenter and the RSM’s discretion.
This event will be recorded and stored by the Royal Society of Medicine and may be distributed in future on various internet channels.
