What is CP-Pathfinding

CP-Pathfinding resources are designed for young adults with cerebral palsy, by young adults with cerebral palsy, their key supporters, allied health professionals, and researchers.

CP-Pathfinding resources focus on the areas of life young people with cerebral palsy say matter most to them.

Fitness for Life is the first CP-Pathfinding resource, built to support young adults with cerebral palsy as they choose and take part in physical activity at home or in the community.

The Fitness for Life resource

The Fitness for Life resource is designed for young adults with cerebral palsy, and developed by adults with cerebral palsy alongside parents, therapists, and researchers. 

We have created a three-stage guide to getting active for young adults with cerebral palsy:

1. Getting your bearings: Physical activity and young adulthood
2. Mapping your route: Planning and preparation
3. On the move: Starting, adjusting and speaking up

The guide also includes real stories about being active from other young adults with cerebral palsy, examples of community participation from young adults with high support needs, and practical resources covering everything from hiring a support worker to checking in and adjusting once you’ve been going for a while.

Go to the Fitness for Life guide

This guide is part of a pilot project.

About our Team

The Fitness for Life guide was created by young adults with cerebral palsy working alongside parents, physiotherapists, and researchers.

Every part of the guide was shaped by the people who will use it, bringing together lived experience, clinical, and research knowledge in equal measure.

The working group

The working group was the heart of this project. Young adults with cerebral palsy, parents, physiotherapists and researchers worked as equal partners to decide which topics to cover, how the guide should look, and what mattered most to include. Young people with cerebral palsy led the discussions and helped write the content, making sure the guide reflects what they want and need.

Meet the team

Project coordination team

This small team handled the day-to-day work of creating the guide, including building the website, managing the process, and making sure young people with cerebral palsy stayed at the centre of all decisions.

Research team

Researchers and young adults with cerebral palsy provided feedback and asked important questions throughout the project to make sure the guide would work well in real life.

Funding

Thank you to our supporters:

• Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI)
• Australian Physiotherapy Association
• Physiotherapy Research Foundation
• Healthy Trajectories
• The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH)
• The University of Melbourne

Partners

Thank you to our partners:

• La Trobe University
• Monash University
• Australian Catholic University
• The University of Melbourne
• Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre
• CP-Achieve Centre for Research Excellence
• CPSN
• St Vincents Hospital Melbourne
• MyCP Guide

Contact us

For more information or feedback on our project, please contact us below:

Dr Stacey Cleary
Honorary Fellow, Neurodisability and Rehabilitation
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