Cerebral Palsy Is Not Disease

Do you prefer "Lung Disease" or "Lung Condition"?

But at the very least, realize that most people are not deliberately trying to offend someone with CP, but instead try to understand that it's impossible for any one person to know all there is to know about every disorder/disease/birth defect/condition that exists. It's wonderful to educate people about something that affects you so personally, but please don't think that people are doing it to be offensive. Patience and understanding go a long way.

--But at the very least, realize that most people are not deliberately trying to offend someone with CP, but instead try to understand that it's impossible for any one person to know all there is to know about every disorder/disease/birth defect/condition that exists. It's wonderful to educate people about something that affects you so personally, but please don't think that people are doing it to be offensive. Patience and understanding go a long way.--

Yeah, but I think these posters have a right when people argue the point.

From what I've seen in this world, people with CP are routinely misunderstood. I met a reasonably intelligent guy one time about in his mid-30s. He told me he had never been hired for a job in his life even though it appeared only to affect his legs somewhat. If I'd have been a boss at that time, I'd sure like to have given him an opportunity. Disabled people have a very high rate of unemployment and it is a tragic waste of talent.

so its more of a retardation then a disease? i always heard it was a disease too. i think even some places on the internet say that too.

oops, sorry film geek lol. I didn't read what you wrote before I wrote it.. so my comment was unnecessary. I was just commenting based off of reading a few posts and feeling the need to correct what's been said so far.

Actually by completely denying the true meaning of a word(and no, most of us do not understand that word as you seem to),is in fact furthering misinformation.
A way to educate people would be to help them understand that the term 'disease' does not necessarily mean what some people, as you do, thinks it means.
Sorry but I doubt many thinking people would be willing to change the English language and the proper meanings of words just because in an uneducated country a number of people no longer understand what certain word actually mean - nor do they seem to care. And your approach - that is, by appeasing such ignorance(and likely laziness), will only exacerbate the problem.