Come find community, connection, and celebration…

The CP Social is organized by Cerebral Palsy Strong as our flagship annual event. It’s an in-person experience — think: unofficial happy hour/networking event/support circle — creating a space that doesn't typically exist for disabled people. This event provides an opportunity to make lifelong connections and build community for and with people with cerebral palsy in a more informal setting.

This event takes place at an accessible venue designed to bring people together to engage in conversation, share stories, enjoy food, drink, experience music, performance, even nature, and more.

The CP Social is typically an afternoon/evening event (~five-hours) where we generate discussion on navigating life with a disability and invite speakers, panels, and moderated Q&A. Topics have included accessibility and ableism, career development, traveling, religion and faith, higher education, parenting, managing healthcare and self-advocacy, assistive technology and treatment options, and more.

We have also begun creating additional opportunities to connect outside of the main event on the weekend that it falls on. Specifics and details are sent out upon registration.

It’s a lot of fun, and a little imperfect, but we’re just getting started!

The CP Social event is primarily designed by and for adults with cerebral palsy (18+) because this is how and for whom this event originated. For anyone considering attending, you’re welcome to bring a guest with you (caregiver, spouse, sibling, etc.) but please note that each of you will need to register to attend.

It’s our goal to expand what the CP Social looks like and who it’s for — that includes our disabled peers, allies and families, children and young teens with CP, as well as their parents and caregivers, in the coming years.

We’re so excited to do more and bring everyone along with us! Expanding our events program is a priority of ours because we know how important belonging, community, and connection is for everyone. Thank you for understanding!

It’s official! Our fifth annual CP Social will be on Saturday, October 3 from 4:00 - 8:00pm ET with additional opportunities to connect over the weekend.

Our next CP Social will be in New York City (Manhattan). Exact location details are included along with registration.

Social support is an urgent need expressly stated by our community over the last decade. We’re in the business of building spaces for belonging for people with CP because we’ve all been there — alone, misunderstood, less than — it’s not easy being disabled and we want you to feel seen and heard. We think the CP Social achieves that.

We know that in-person events aren’t always easy — whether you’ve got a bit of social anxiety, or there’s a global pandemic, or traveling is just.too.hard. — we get it!

Making connections with other people like you is a beautiful experience that goes beyond words we’ll describe here. We see so much value in coming together with other people who have CP and we’ll do whatever we can to make this an event you won’t forget if and when you’re ready to join.

Learn more about our story and our past CP Socials on our blog.

No — our CP Social events are in-person experiences that do not include or online viewing or virtual participation. We hope to provide greater access to community-building activities (virtually) but we’re not there yet. Stay tuned!

We're committed to making our events as accessible as possible, including cost to attend. For forthcoming events, we may charge a nominal fee and/or sliding scale.

Check back later for more information on the registration page.

At this stage, we have capacity to host an annual event and so, that is what we’ll plan for in the near future. However, it’s our goal to expand our events program in various ways, depending on a few key outcomes such as fundraising, community feedback and interest, and more.

Over the next 3-5 years, Cerebral Palsy Strong aims to organize several events annually in major cities across the US, expanding attendance, programming, geography, and scale.

As we expand this activity even further, we plan to engage the community's appetite for smaller scale, local events of similar nature called the CP Social: Mini Meetup where one can express an interest in organizing an event in their community and we'll provide support throughout the process.

In tandem with events, we'll also develop networking and membership opportunities that will take place virtually and in-person at the CP Social.