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Every 20 hours, an Australian newborn is diagnosed with Cerebral palsy (CP). Caused by an injury to the developing brain, during pregnancy or shortly after birth, Cerebral means ‘of the brain’ and palsy refers to ‘a lack of muscle control’. CP is an umbrella term that refers to a group of disorders affecting a person’s ability to move.
CP affects body movement, muscle control, coordination, reflex, posture and balance. Those living with cerebral palsy may also have visual, learning, hearing, speech, epilepsy and intellectual impairments.
1 in 10 people with a disability experienced disability discrimination in the last year.
It's vital we take steps to change this by raising awareness and funds for people living with disability. From early intervention therapy for babies to life changing technology, together we can create lasting impact for people living with disability and their families.
Positive evidence-based outcomes for Cerebral Palsy Alliance
70 years strong, CPA is the leading provider of evidence-based therapy, quality of life programs and services for people living with cerebral palsy and other neurological and physical conditions. Their dedication can be seen in recent data that indicates a decline in cerebral palsy (CP) across Australia over the last 10 years from around 1 in 500 children to 1 in 700 children, and the severity of cerebral palsy in children has become milder.
CPA’s service offering includes support in the following categories:
· Early Childhood Intervention
· Therapy
· Health and Wellbeing
· Everyday Living
· Life Coaching
· Supported Independent Living
· Respite
· Supported Employment
Kineo’s commitment to CPA’s mission
This year, Kineo is proud to be stepping up – in action - to support commercial partner, Cerebral Palsy Alliance. Through our award-winning working partnership we lead the way for disability workplace eLearning.
STEPtember reminds us of the physical and emotional benefits of being active, to improve our health while we engage with colleagues to achieve our daily 10,000 steps goal across September. We love the 40 plus different inclusive activities that can be converted into daily steps that caters for everyone.
Driving team Kineo for 19 keen STEPpers, Aravind Balan, Regional Lead Commercial Partnerships stated:
“As a not-for-profit organisation that is driven towards empowering social change and benevolent causes, Kineo is proud to step up to raise support and awareness for people with disability in collaboration with Cerebral Palsy Australia. This initiative is also timely for us at Kineo as we now are now in an environment where remote working or working from home is thenorm and we often forget the need get up and stay active to ensure our health and well-being remains in check.”
Dan Coleman, CPA’s Business Development Manager RTO added:
“It’s great to have Kineo join us for our wellness and awareness campaign, STEPtember. This is just another way that Kineo supports our efforts at Cerebral Palsy Alliance and further enhances our long standing and positive partnership. As both a valued content-creator and content-host, it is exciting to be working on something with Kineo outside of business as usual.”
To find out more about our joint learning commitment and goals, refer to the case study. To browse health, disability and aged care workplace learning titles, check out all available key learning topics here
Stronger together though the medium of digital training, CPA and Kineo are here to help your organisation keep people in need safe and cared for to live their best lives. Get in touch.
