UCP is helping children with cerebral palsy learn to use affected parts of their body
Meet Max, a five-year-old who receives therapy at United Cerebral Palsy of Central Arizona (UCP), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization dedicated to helping children and adults who have a wide array of disabilities. Born with right spastic hemiplegia cerebral palsy,
UCP Using Teletherapy To Sustain Critical Care During COVID-19
Today, UCP of Central Arizona is one of the state’s oldest and most valuable non-profits, serving almost 3,000 members across a broad range of disabilities and delays. But that didn’t happen overnight. People with disabilities have fought a long and arduous battle for equali
Putting People First
A disability is defined as “a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities of such individual.” While that defines a disability, a disability does not define a person; it is only an attribute, one that impairs some life activity
Alexandra’s Goals
Every parent has goals for their child, goals that grow alongside them – from anxiously waiting for them to take their first steps, to waiting for college admissions letters in the mail. Every family has their own goals; but more important than any single, measurable goal is th
Welcome to Holland: A Guide for Arizona Parents of Children with Disabilities
You’ve dreamt your whole life of visiting Italy. From the time you were a child, you spent hours and hours watching classic films set on sun-soaked beaches and old cobbled streets: Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn zipping through Rome on a Vespa; Michael Caine charming his way
