CHATO MANGLAPUS

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                    [Summary] => Social stigma remains the primary challenge to those suffering from cerebral palsy that in the country they are discriminated even by their own families.


"Most of the time, people with CP are kept at home by their family.  They are considered a burden," said Chato Manglapus, president of the Cerebral Palsy Association of the Philippines (CPAP) as the country observes the third Cerebral Palsy Awareness and Protection Week.


Perception of the neurological disorder in far-flung areas is worse.


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                    [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo
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People with ‘CP’ still stigmatized

By Sheila Crisostomo | September 21, 2006 - 12:00am

Social stigma remains the primary challenge to those suffering from cerebral palsy that in the country they are discriminated even by their own families. "Most of the time, people with CP are kept at home by...

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