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I Had a Stroke at Birth and Spent Years Trying to Hide My Cerebral Palsy. Sharing on Social Media Helped Set Me Free.

July is Disability Pride Month.As told to Jacquelyne FroeberI was born breech — feet first — on December 3, 1993.Of course, I don’t remember anything from that day.I don’t remember when the healthcare providers tried to turn me during delivery or when things escalated and I was delivered using forceps.I don’t remember how scared my parents were when they learned I’d had a stroke at birth that affected the right side of my brain and caused a lack of oxygen during delivery that impacted the left side of my body.I don’t remember being diagnosed with a type of cerebral palsy called hemiparesis or...