Joy:
Everyone's situation is different (especially CP's), but be careful about
dropping PT.   I dropped it when I was about 21, picked it up at age 30 for
a few years, then dropped it again.   I've been going regularly for a
number of years, but I'll never regain all the ground I lost.   (I'm a
spastic.)
BOB

At 12:51 AM 1/7/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Karen said:
>My dreams and wishes is that my daughter will one day walk on her own and
>join her twin brother in activities.
>
>Walking isn't all it's cracked up to be.  Yes, it opens some doors.  But
>your daughter can achieve many wonderful things without ever taking a
>step.  I'm 17 with CP, and discontinued physical therapy at 10 to make
>more time for activities, friends, and school.  I use a manual
>wheelchair.  I'm going off to college in the fall with a academic
>scholarship, have plenty of friends, and thoroughly enjoy my very full
>life.  You need to make the decisions that are best for your daughter...
>but don't allow learning to walk to become so much of a focus that it
>obscures the rest of life.  Welcome to the list!
>
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