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CEREBRAL PALSY IS NOT A PLAGUE – Bolanle Aileru

Dotun OlanibiMarch 28, 2019

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CEREBRAL PALSY IS NOT A PLAGUE

– Bolanle Aileru

The Vice Chairman of Yaba Local Council Development Authority, Lagos, Mr Bolanle Aileru, has said that people suffering from cerebral palsy disorder should be shown love and not discriminated against.

Aileru, during a cerebral palsy walk organised by the Magnificent Therapy Services to sensitise people about the disorder, on Wednesday, said, pregnant women must take care of themselves during pregnancy to avoid giving birth to a child with cerebral palsy.

“The event was organised to raise the awareness about cerebral palsy; to sensitise people, especially mothers that this disease is a long term disease that starts from pregnancy. We need to let them know there is a need to take care of themselves and do less stressful tasks during pregnancy to avoid giving birth to a child with cerebral palsy.

“When they stress themselves during pregnancy, they deny the baby oxygen and this could result in damage of the brain which could lead to cerebral palsy. We need to let people know that damage done in the brain might not be easily corrected,” Aileru said.

He also urged people to stop the habit of discriminating against people with cerebral palsy, saying that they should not be seen as outcasts and should be given all the opportunities they require despite their disability.

The Programme Coordinator, Magnificent Therapy Services, Mr Bidemi Jaiyesimi, said people should stop seeing cerebral palsy as a curse or plague, but rather what could happen to anybody.

“We discovered that people always run away from people with cerebral palsy. They believe it is a plague and that can be traced to our African mentality where we believe in oral account we’ve heard over the ages. We are out to tell people that cerebral palsy is not a curse or plague rather, it happens before, during and after birth,” Jaiyesimi said.

@ Punch Newspaper