Megan Muscat leaves on August 30 for Beijing as part of Canada's Paralympic team where she will compete in the 100 and 200 meter meter events.

"I'm so excited," she says. "I've been on Cloud 9 since Canada Day when I heard."

Megan was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at 18 months and has competed in world championships and won the bronze medal last year in the 200m at the Para Pan Ams in Rio de Janiero.

Bill Riddle was born with cerebral palsy. Despite the difficulties this may have caused in his life, Riddle has been an athlete and an inspiration to us all.

Bill says that he started wheelchair racing when he was at the rehabilitation center in 1986, and he raced up until 15 years ago, when he retired at age 27. Retirement didn't go over well with Riddle, but he wasn't sure if he had what he had what it took to get back into the game.

Seven-year-old Connor Kemp is a champ. Despite having cerebral palsy since birth, he's decided to take up the rough n' tumble sport of karate at the Newmarket Leisure Centre with his brother Jack.

Some of the moves have been modified so Connor, who is in a wheelchair, can join in. So far he's been practicing his karate-style punches. His parents believe that Karate will help Connor to strengthen his upper body.

For many people, a dog is more than just a pet, but a member of the family. But for two-year-old Evalyn Wise (a young girl with cerebral palsy)her dog is a highly trained source of therapy.

So imagine young Evalyn's disappointment when a man named Mike took the dog without permission.

"Our neighbor has lung cancer, so we went down to visit and brought Tobi to cheer her up," said Wise. "On Memorial Day, we cooked dinner with them, and Mike made an offer to buy Tobi for $500. I told him that Evalyn was very attached to Tobi and he was not for sale at any price."

The US House of Representatives has approved legislation on June 25 that would amend the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. The amendments would change the ADA's definition of "disability" and add rules of construction rejecting past Supreme Court interpretations of the Act and make changes to the ADA's codified findings and regulatory authority.

The ADA is actually the nation's first comprehensive civil rights law addressing the needs of people with disabilities and prohibiting discrimination in employment, public services and telecommunications.

Jessica McFarlane is a mother, professional speaker, writer, certified teacher and web designer. She also has cerebral palsy, but obviously doesn't let that stand in the way of her dreams.

Jessica was recently named Ms. Wheelchair PA 2008 by the Ms. Wheelchair USA program and will compete in the national contest in August. The program was started in 2005 to celebrate the accomplishments of women with disabilities and less to be a "beauty pageant".

United Cerebral Palsy of Arkansas is one of the few places in the state offering a recycling service for ink cartridges. Employees at UCP sort, re-build, package and ship recycled toner cartridges.

Every employee is disabled but are able to work on machines that rotate so they can use both hands. Every cartridge is tested before it goes into packages and unusable parts are recycled and replaced with new ones.

In a mere seven months cartridge recycling can save over 11 million gallons of oil. That's more than what was spilled by Exxon Valdez in Alaska in 1989.

Last month I blogged about a young man who was planning to walk 800 miles across Michagan to raise money for cerebral palsy awareness.

Now, a full seven weeks later, Neil Sauter is completing his journey--a journey that has taken him across dusty back roads and through small towns.

Sauter began in Monroe County, then headed down to Toledo before he headed west to Grand Rapids, then North to the Upper Peninsula.

Ashton Santos suffers from cerebral palsy and epilepsy. Recently, he traveled to Costa Rica for a treatment that is currently unavailable in the states. For two weeks, Ashton endured injections of yellowish liquid containing post-natal umbilical cord stem cells into his lower spine, along with physical therapy and a high alkaline diet.

Children who are ages 7 and up who are patients of Dr. Jan Brustrom have the unique opportunity to participate in the only known martial arts program that has been designed to meet the needs of cerebral palsy kids

The classes are called "Fighters With Courage and Power," and teaches a form of martial arts called Kajukenbo--which is a blend of karate, judo, jujitsu, kenpo, and kung fu. Black belt instructors Ken Sills and Charlie Walton have a vision for bringing the benefits of the martial arts to the disabled.