{"id":713266,"date":"2026-07-27T08:47:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T08:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/713266\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T08:47:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T08:47:10","slug":"i-have-cerebral-palsy-photography-helps-keep-joy-in-my-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/713266\/","title":{"rendered":"I have cerebral palsy &#8211; photography helps keep joy in my life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Jake Smith is a young man with cerebral palsy who does not let it limit him. In fact, he hopes his photography can inspire others to make the most of their life too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 21-year-old, who uses a wheelchair, first picked up a camera in earnest about six years ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He has become especially keen on wildlife and motorsport photography, and has already had a book of his images published.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;When I get the perfect shot, it makes it all worth it,&#8221; said Jake, who lives near Ellon in Aberdeenshire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Cerebral palsy is a developmental disability which affects movement and co-ordination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jake Smith is a young man with cerebral palsy who does not let it limit him. In fact,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":713267,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-713266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=713266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/713267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=713266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=713266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=713266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}