Cerebral Palsy with Peta Hooke

The Sunflower Conversations – Cerebral Palsy with Peta HookePeta has cerebral palsy which affects her mobility. Peta uses a wheelchair as she cannot stand or walk independently, she also uses a hoist to shower.The cerebral palsy was caused at birth when she experienced a lack of oxygen for few seconds.At 12 Peta had an operation which went wrong and stretched her nerves too much resulting in chronic nerve pain. Extensive therapy was necessary to re-educate her brain to overcome the pain. ...

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The Sunflower Conversations are where we explore hidden disabilities through the prism of the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower.In a world where it can be hard to feel like your story matters, we want to give you a space to share your experience. Whether you or someone you care about wears the Sunflower lanyard, we hope that by giving voice to these experiences, we can empower others and encourage more people to support people with invisible disabilities.