Thank you for this, btw. It's important to crip history a bit -- the Disabled didn't just show up in the world the first time doctors started categorizing them.

Meanwhile, there are a few different kinds of C.P. Based on the symptoms Kieth Armstrong described, I think Claudius had the same flavor of C.P. as standup comedian Maysoon Zayid (a TED Talk).

Also, I think Claudius fell in love with writing, because it allowed him to express himself without a finicky tongue getting in the way.