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Coping With Cerebral Palsy

Children with CP are more likely to have behavioral and emotional difficulties than the non-disabled kids, which may have a potentially deleterious effect on quality of life.They shouldn’t be treated with pity and sorrow as they experience life as most children do. Great deal of effort is needed to support the social and educational cause. We must recognize the similarity between disabled children and those of other children. Their rights must be ensured as citizens and not as disabled children. They must be allowed to participate in every aspect of society as non-disabled children do.

HOW TO HELP A CHILD WITH CP

Every individual concerned, be it the parent, caregiver, or teacher, must aim at helping the child to be as independent as possible. It may be difficult but the parents must try their best to support the child to cope with CP. Read more…

Educating Children With Cerebral Palsy

Cerebral palsy (CP) in children is a neurological disorder caused due to damage to those parts of the brain controlling motor skills. It cannot be completely cured. However, through specialized care and training children with CP may develop skills required to lead a normal life.

Intelligence determines the physical progress that is required in a child with CP. Intelligence may be determined in a child accurately with CP as young as 18 months of age. Facilities for emotional guidance must be available in schools of such children and for parents too. Lest, some children may not be able to achieve the expected physical and mental progress. Read more…

Cerebral Palsy Compensation – Guide to Bringing a Claim for Clinical Negligence

Pursuing a claim for clinical negligence compensation can be a daunting experience at the best of times but particularly so when it involves a child. Cerebral Palsy cases will usually be commenced on behalf of a child by his or her parents. This means that as well as dealing with the day to day realities of having a child with Cerebral Palsy as the parent you may also be primarily responsible for instructing solicitors to investigate a compensation claim.

Cerebral Palsy claims are complex and often take many years to investigate. It is therefore helpful to know exactly what is involved in pursuing such a claim and to understand the steps that need to be followed. Read more…

All About Cerebral Palsy

What is CEREBRAL PALSY (CP)?

Cerebral Palsy is a term describing a condition where a trauma caused to the brain adversely affects the motor skills of a child. CEREBRAL refers to the BRAIN; and PALSY is “Lack of required muscle control”. Putting it together it is “Lack of muscle coordination caused by trauma to the Brain”.

UNDERSTANDING CP

It may be said that CP is a condition caused by injury to the brain or nerves during, before or shortly after the delivery of the child. It may be result of some injury or disease caused during the first three years of childhood.

TYPES OF CEREBRAL PALSY

CP may be classified into four categories:
• Spastic-. Caused due to muscle stiffness which makes reaching or walking difficult.
• Athetoid (or dyskinetic)- Caused due some lack of balance in walking and also muscle tics.
• Ataxic – This includes balance disorder and some difficulty in perception of depth.
• Mixed- Children with mixed CP have both the muscle stiffness of spastic cerebral palsy and lack of balance in movement of athetoid cerebral palsy. Read more…