{"id":11883,"date":"2025-10-20T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ordemdosfisioterapeutas.pt\/?p=11883"},"modified":"2025-10-27T08:06:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T08:06:10","slug":"dia-nacional-da-paralisia-cerebral-reforcar-a-inclusao-e-a-autonomia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ordemdosfisioterapeutas.pt\/en\/noticias\/dia-nacional-da-paralisia-cerebral-reforcar-a-inclusao-e-a-autonomia\/","title":{"rendered":"National Cerebral Palsy Day: strengthening inclusion and autonomy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11883\" class=\"elementor elementor-11883\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d549cc8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d549cc8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3f1997 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a3f1997\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Marked on 20 October, the <strong>National Cerebral Palsy Day<\/strong> was officially established in 2014 by Assembly of the Republic Resolution 27\/2014. This day aims to raise awareness of the challenges faced daily by people with cerebral palsy and their families, promoting inclusion, respect and equal opportunities.<\/p><p>Cerebral palsy results from a lesion in the central nervous system that occurs in the first few years of life and affects motor coordination, posture and balance. Although it is not a progressive condition, it has a permanent impact, affecting around 2 out of every 1,000 children. Early and continuous interventions, such as physiotherapy, can improve the functionality, autonomy and social participation of people with this condition.<\/p><p>A <strong>Physiotherapy<\/strong> plays a central role in realising the rights of people with cerebral palsy. Through individualised programmes, physiotherapists contribute to motor development, functional independence and quality of life at all stages of life.<\/p><p>A <strong>Order of Physiotherapists<\/strong> associates itself with this date, emphasising the importance of eliminating physical, social and cultural barriers and ensuring that all people with Cerebral Palsy can live with dignity, autonomy and equal opportunities.<\/p><p>See <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imprensanacional.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Convencaosobreosdireitosdaspessoascomdeficiencia.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities<\/a><\/span>, which reinforces the right to rehabilitation, inclusion and full participation in society.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrated on 20 October, National Cerebral Palsy Day was officially established in 2014 by Resolution 27\/2014 of the Portuguese Parliament. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11884,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ordemdosfisioterapeutas.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ordemdosfisioterapeutas.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ordemdosfisioterapeutas.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ordemdosfisioterapeutas.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ordemdosfisioterapeutas.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11883"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ordemdosfisioterapeutas.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11888,"href":"https:\/\/ordemdosfisioterapeutas.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11883\/revisions\/11888"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ordemdosfisioterapeutas.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ordemdosfisioterapeutas.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ordemdosfisioterapeutas.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ordemdosfisioterapeutas.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}