citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . may 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message cerebral palsy alliance type non profit founded 1945 as the spastic centre founder audrie and neil mcleod headquarters 187 allambie road allambie heights nsw 2100 slogan for people with cerebral palsy building futures website cerebralpalsy.org.au cerebral palsy alliance formerly the spastic centre is an australian nonprofit organisation that provides therapies life skills programs equipment and support for people living with cerebral palsy and their families . cerebral palsy alliance s objective is to help babies children teenagers and adults living with cerebral palsy lead the most comfortable independent and inclusive life possible . its therapy teams work with individuals and families to maximise their participation in the community . cerebral palsy alliance provides professional development and training for employees within the disability sector . the alliance also funds important cerebral palsy research in australia and overseas through our research foundation . cerebral palsy alliance operates from 55 sites throughout metropolitan regional and rural nsw and the act . contents 1 history 2 services 3 cerebral palsy register 4 research foundation 3 5 fundraising 6 references 7 external links history edit cerebral palsy alliance was founded on 30 january 1945 by a group of parents of children with cerebral palsy under the leadership of audrie and neil mcleod . it was the first organisation of its type in the world for people with cerebral palsy . 1 the first medical director was dr claudia bradley . the spastic centre renamed itself the cerebral palsy alliance in 2011 because of increasing sensitivities to the word spastic . 2 services edit cerebral palsy alliance services include technology services equipment services mobility programs employment services day programs for adults accommodation support respite care therapy and education services aquatic programs information recreation cerebral palsy register edit an australian cp register has been established to guide future research in prevention intervention and service provision . research foundation 3 edit in 2005 cerebral palsy alliance established a research foundation to fund australian and international research to find a prevention and cure for cerebral palsy a condition that affects more than 17 million people around the world . the foundation is also committed to improving the quality of life of people with cerebral palsy by funding research into improving early diagnosis tools which can reduce the long term impact of the disability treatments interventions and technology innovations . fundraising edit cerebral palsy alliance runs regular fundraising throughout the year miss australia miss australia quest awards was run by the spastic centres of australia for 45 years . over its duration entrants their families committees sponsors and the general public of australia raised in excess of a 87 million . 4 references edit our history cerebral palsy alliance . cerebral palsy alliance . retrieved may 17 2013 . miller barbara 8 february 2011 . times dictate name change for spastic centre . abc news . australian broadcasting commission . archived from the original on 16 july 2014 . foundation cerebral palsy alliance research . our story cerebral palsy alliance research foundation . research.cerebralpalsy.org.au . retrieved 2016 04 22 . about us miss australia cerebral palsy alliance website . external links edit cerebral palsy alliance website history retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cerebral palsy alliance & oldid 736612724 categories charities based in australiaorganizations established in 1944australian disability organisationscerebral palsy organizationshidden categories use australian english from may 2016all wikipedia articles written in australian englishuse dmy dates from may 2016articles needing additional references from may 2011all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 28 august 2016 at 17 54 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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