Anyone ever been an aide to someone with cerebral palsy?

Question

I will be a morning/get ready person for someone with cerebral palsy this upcoming fall. I'm a bit nervous, because it's the first job I've had that's so one on one and I don't have any experience with people with CP. I've read up on it, but I'm not sure what to expect.

I know CP comes with varying degrees of challenges, but I'd like to be prepared so that I'm not caught off guard and everything goes smoothly.

Does anyone havae words of advice or can share their experiences?

What is particularly challenging and how do you handle it?

Answer 1

I've never been an aide to someone with cerebral palsy but I have spent time with one. This was when I was in 8th grade. The kid was the same age as me but his speech was slurred and hard to understand. He asked me once how old i was and I had to ask him to repeat it several times.
From my perspective, the kid's development was somewhere in the pre-school area. He asked me a lot of questions that pre-schoolers ask.
Also this kid was quite gullible making him the center of a lot of teasing.