The Spastic Centre of New South Wales, Australia has changed its name to Cerebral Palsy Alliance on February 8th 2011. Cerebral Palsy Alliance was founded on 9 December 1944 and commenced operations 30 January 1945. It was founded by a concerned group of 25 parents of children with cerebral palsy under the leadership of Mr Neil and Audrie McLeod. This venture began with the home of Arthur Sullivan at 6 Queen Street, Mosman rented at 10 shillings per year, a capital of 32 pounds ($64), the hope and hard work of parents and friends, and two old cars loaned by the National Emergency Service. 15 children attended on the opening day, by the end of the year the figure had grown to 40.
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History of Cerebral Palsy Alliance[1]
Today, Cerebral Palsy Alliance provides services to adults and children with cerebral palsy from over 70 sites across NSW, Australia.
Cerebral Palsy Alliance services include:
An Australian CP Register [2] has been established to guide future research in prevention, intervention and service provision.
A confidential telephone service is available, Australia-wide, to anyone with questions or concerns about cerebral palsy. It has professional staff.[3]
Miss Australia Quest/Awards [4] 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 AUS $87 million.