A Quote by Natalia Vodianova

I completely admire my mother for raising a child with cerebral palsy at home. — © Natalia Vodianova
I completely admire my mother for raising a child with cerebral palsy at home.
Once upon a time, there was a boy who didn't like himself very much. It was not his fault. He was born with cerebral palsy. Cerebral palsy is something that happens to the brain. It means that you can think but sometimes can't walk, or even talk.
Oh, my goodness, when you're a mother and you just give birth to a child with spina bifida and -- or Down's Syndrome or cerebral palsy, there's a bit of a shock you're going to have to go through, a bit of an adjustment curve.
Oh, my goodness, when you're a mother and you just give birth to a child with spina bifida and - or Down's Syndrome or cerebral palsy, there's a bit of a shock you're going to have to go through, a bit of an adjustment curve.
Years ago someone wrote [about me]: 'She characterizes Molly Weasley as a mother who is only at home looking after the children.' I was deeply offended, because I until a year before that had also been such a mother who was at home all the time taking care of her child [...] What has lesser status and is more difficult than raising a child? And what is more important?
My sense of humor was a tool for me getting past my mother and father separating, my older brother having cerebral palsy, and the bullies in the schoolyard. I had to make them laugh to keep them off my ass. I brought that to my professional career.
I'd love to see a sitcom about someone with cerebral palsy.
When I ask people what they think of when they hear the term 'cerebral palsy,' I usually get one of two responses. They either think of a smiling, crumpled child in a wheelchair on a poster or commercials on late night TV with lawyers enticing parents of CP kids to sue the pants off their obstetrician.
I don't think I'd know I had cerebral palsy if other people didn't tell me.
No matter how good of an actor I am, I can't un-act having cerebral palsy.
My mother, Laura Sumner, had cerebral palsy. She was born absolutely fine, but after about three days, she started having convulsions that left her with a condition that would confine her to a wheelchair her entire life.
Regarding having Cerebral Palsy, I know realistically that I can't go up there on stage and ignore it.
Ever see a guy with cerebral palsy run through a speed ladder? I mean, that is funny.
We need our children in Jamaica - especially those suffering with dyslexia, autism, cerebral palsy - to get more attention.
I'm an only child. My mother was raising me alone. We couldn't afford child care; child care hours didn't work according to her schedule.
I'm not saying 'I have cerebral palsy, pay attention to me.' We all have problems, and we have to figure out how to live our best life.
I have the common sense to know that my disability is what makes me stand out. But I don't want to be thought of as just 'the comic with cerebral palsy.'
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