What is Cerebral Palsy?
Most of the information on this page was taken from the Cerebral Palsy Alliance website.
Cerebral palsy is a physical disability that affects movement and posture.
'Cerebral' is of the brain and 'palsy' is a lack of muscle control.
Cerebral palsy (CP) refers to a group of disorders affecting a person’s ability to move.
It is a permanent life-long condition, but generally does not worsen over time. It is due to damage to the developing brain either during pregnancy or shortly after birth.
Cerebral palsy affects people in different ways and can affect body movement, muscle control, muscle coordination, muscle tone, reflex, posture and balance.
People who have CP may also have visual, learning, hearing, speech, epilepsy and intellectual impairments.
Cerebral palsy is the most common physical disability in childhood. Every 15 minutes, a child who will live with CP is born. Around 34,000 people in Australia have cerebral palsy.
The parts of the body affected by CP, the level of severity & combination of symptoms can differ for each person.
People with CP may experience uncontrolled or unpredictable movements, muscles can be stiff, weak or tight and in some cases people have shaky movements or tremors. People with severe CP may also have difficulties with swallowing, breathing, head and neck control, bladder and bowel control, eating and have dental and digestive problems.
This page on the Cerebral Palsy Alliance website has great information about people can be affected by CP.
There are different types of cerebral palsy, each affecting different parts of the body. Head back to the Cerebral Palsy Alliance website - as they have great information!
Dexter has spastic quadriplegia level 4 cerebral palsy.
'Cerebral' is of the brain and 'palsy' is a lack of muscle control.
Cerebral palsy (CP) refers to a group of disorders affecting a person’s ability to move.
It is a permanent life-long condition, but generally does not worsen over time. It is due to damage to the developing brain either during pregnancy or shortly after birth.
Cerebral palsy affects people in different ways and can affect body movement, muscle control, muscle coordination, muscle tone, reflex, posture and balance.
People who have CP may also have visual, learning, hearing, speech, epilepsy and intellectual impairments.
Cerebral palsy is the most common physical disability in childhood. Every 15 minutes, a child who will live with CP is born. Around 34,000 people in Australia have cerebral palsy.
The parts of the body affected by CP, the level of severity & combination of symptoms can differ for each person.
People with CP may experience uncontrolled or unpredictable movements, muscles can be stiff, weak or tight and in some cases people have shaky movements or tremors. People with severe CP may also have difficulties with swallowing, breathing, head and neck control, bladder and bowel control, eating and have dental and digestive problems.
This page on the Cerebral Palsy Alliance website has great information about people can be affected by CP.
There are different types of cerebral palsy, each affecting different parts of the body. Head back to the Cerebral Palsy Alliance website - as they have great information!
Dexter has spastic quadriplegia level 4 cerebral palsy.