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Cerebral Palsy Association on Twitter

United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) is jumping on the social media bandwagon with a Twitter account, a blog and profiles on several popular social networking sites. UCP is a leading cerebral palsy association, dedicated to disability advocacy and support.

Twitter launched microblogging (short and frequent posts of 140 words or less) to the forefront of social media with its launch in 2006. Sticking to this format, the UCP Twitter site provides brief updates about UCP and news snippets relevant to people with developmental disabilities like cerebral palsy.

The advocacy group also hosts a regularly updated blog and has networking profiles on MySpace, Facebook and YouTube.

Social media such as these raise awareness about developmental disabilities and help to keep people informed. The more support these sites receive, the greater the potential for increasing general public knowledge and effecting positive change.

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Full post as published by Cerebral Palsy Law Blog on October 01, 2008 (boomark / email).