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Join us for CDC's Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day and hear special guest speaker Dick Hoyt. 

Dick and his son, Rick, who has cerebral palsy, have formed "Team Hoyt." They travel around the world doing marathons and triathlons and promote the Team Hoyt motto, "Yes You Can."

Friday, March 20, 2009,
10:00am - 1:00 pm
Tom Harkin Global Communication Center
1600 Clifton Road, NE,
Atlanta, GA 30333, Auditorium B

Register by March 19, 2009
http://tinyurl.com/CPAwarenessDay
No charge to attend, open to the public.  For more information view this document [PDF]

About Cerebral Palsy

Cerebral palsy refers to a group of disorders that affect a person's ability to move and to maintain balance and posture. It is due to a nonprogressive brain abnormality, which means that it does not get worse over time, though the exact symptoms can change over a person's lifetime. 

People with cerebral palsy have damage to the part of the brain that controls muscle tone. Muscle tone is the amount of resistance to movement in a muscle. It is what lets you keep your body in a certain posture or position.   item more

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Date: Thursday, March 05, 2009
Content source: National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities

 
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