A Cerebral Palsy diagnosis is unique to each impacted person, and for our daughter, her mild spastic diplegia affects her legs. She has progressed from a walker to quad canes to a single point cane, and has worked (and worked!) to get where she is now -- stepping independently. There continue to be certain transitions that are a challenge for her, and I remind her that strengthening and stretching our bodies is a lifetime commitment. Not just for someone with a visible physical difference, but for all of us.

A few ideas we've had success with are mixing ingredients up in a bowl, spooning batter into muffin cups, using cookie cutters, picking the leaves of herbs from the stem, whisking eggs and peeling carrots or potatoes.