Access Economics has released a report on the economic impact of cerebral palsy in Australia. The report found that, in 2007, the financial cost of cerebral palsy (CP) in Australia was A$1.47 billion or 0.14% of GDP. Of this:

A$1.03 billion (69.9%) was productivity lost due to lower employment, absenteeism, and premature death of Australians with CP
A$141 million (9.6%) was the DWL from transfers including welfare payments and taxation forgone
A$131 million (9.0%) was other indirect costs such as direct program services, aides and home modifications, and the bringing-forward of funeral costs
A$129 million (8.8%) was the value of the informal care for people with CP
A$40 million (2.8%) was direct health system expenditureThe value of lost well-being (disability and premature death) was a further A$2.4 billion.In per capita terms, this amounts to a financial cost of A$43,431 per person with CP per annum. Including the value of lost well-being, the cost is over $115,000 per person per annum.Individuals with CP bear 37% of the financial costs, and their families and friends bear a further 6%. The federal government bears around one-third (33%) of the financial costs (mainly through taxation revenues forgone and welfare payments). State governments bear under 1% of the costs, while employers bear 5% and the rest of society bears the remaining 19%.
In 1986, Young helped found the Bridge School, an educational organization for children with severe verbal and physical disabilities, and its annual supporting Bridge School Benefit concerts, together with his wife Pegi. Nicolas Hamilton, a British racing driver competing in BTCC. He is the half-brother of Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton. Geri Jewell, who had a regular role in the prime-time series The Facts of Life. Josh Blue, winner of the fourth season of NBCs Last Comic Standing, whose act revolves around his CP. Blue was also on the 2004 U.S. Paralympic soccer team. Jason Benetti, play-by-play broadcaster for ESPN, Fox Sports, Westwood One, and Time Warner covering football, baseball, lacrosse, hockey, and basketball. Since 2016, he is also the television play-by-play announcer for Chicago White Sox home games. Jack Carroll, British comedian and runner-up in the seventh season of Britains Got Talent. Abbey Curran, an American beauty queen who represented Iowa at Miss USA 2008 and was the first contestant with a disability to compete. Francesca Martinez, British stand-up comedian and actress. Evan OHanlon, Australian Paralympian, the fastest athlete with cerebral palsy in the world. Arun Shouries son Aditya, about whom he has written a book Does He Know a Mothers Heart
Maysoon Zayid, the self-described "Palestinian Muslim virgin with cerebral palsy, from New Jersey", who is an actress, stand-up comedian, and activist. Zayid has been a resident of Cliffside Park, New Jersey. She is considered one of Americas first Muslim women comedians and the first person ever to perform standup in Palestine and Jordan.