Cerebral Palsy Awareness & Discrimination - featuring John Petrila

Cerebral palsy, visible disabilities, privilege, and the challenges facing the disability awareness and advocacy movement - a conversation with Dr. Stephanie Van and her high school friend, John Petrila. [Image description: On the left, a young White man with short hair wearing a dark t-shirt smiles and flexes his bicep. On the right, a young Asian woman with long black hair wearing a white coat and pink scrubs smiles back at him, also flexing her bicep. The text across the top in white letters and a dark green background reads “Cerebral Palsy Awareness & Discrimination” and similar text along the bottom reads “featuring John Petrila”] Cerebral Palsy (CP) is the most common motor disability in childhood. CDC’s breakdown of CP: https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/cp/index.html District of Columbia Community Health Needs Assessment (2013): https://doh.dc.gov/sites/default/file... “Disability is not a monolith” - Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century, edited by Alice Wong https://www.audible.com/pd/Disability... Prejudice and patriotism:    • 'Is This Patriot Enough?': Asian American ...   Thanks for watching!