1.What is Cerebral Palsy? 2. What is Spastic Cerebral Palsy? 3. What can life be like for a child with Cerebral Palsy?
“a group of disorders that can involve brain/nervous system functions, such as movement, learning, hearing, seeing, and thinking” ( Cerebral Palsy Defined
Spastic Athetoid Ataxic Mixed
Injury/abnormality In-utero, 1 st two years ( Risk Factors preterm birth/ stroke Some never determined- up to 50% (Stanton, 2012)
Most commonly diagnosed type Approximately 80% (United States Center for Disease Control). Symptoms Stiffness Topographical Diagnoses
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Diagnosis age 1, MRI age 3 Treatments Sasha Today
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