User talk:Lovepuck

Alright people, this has to do with the COLOUR YOUR DAY APPEAL. The Colour Your Day Appeal is a fundraiser for Cerebral Palsy in North Queensland, Australia. I don't know if it's an international thing, sorry.

The Appeal goes for a whole week, 19-25 February; the Cerebral Palsy Association of Queensland is aiming to raise $100 000 for Cerebral Palsy research, the most common physical condition of kids in Australia. Every 18 hours there is a child born who has cerebral palsy.

It affects muscle function and the nervous system, due to acquired brain damage before, during or just after birth, normally. There is not yet a cure.

I have cerebral palsy. Up until I was three years old, my parents had no idea why I couldn't really move my arms and tilted my head and walked on the balls of my feet. Even now, there is still so much to be learnt about this disease and so many people are unaware of its affects. I am now 16, and after many years of intensive physio therapy, countless doctors appointments and more plane trips than my ears could handle, I can almost walk normally and type at 50WPM.

So, if you read this, please consider helping this cause, because cerebral palsy exists all around the world. Even if you can't be involved in the coming week of fund-raising, do all you can to find out about the disease...

Knowledge is power, and you could have the power to help someone who has no hope left.

Go to www.colouryourday.com.au or google "cerebral palsy" to find out more.