Cerebral Palsy is a type of neurological disorder and it is one of the common physical impairment in pediatric population. According to Perry et al. (2013)‚ “A definition recently proposed describes cerebral palsy as a group of permanent disorders of the development of movement and posture‚ causing activity limitation‚ that are attributed to non-progressive disturbances that occurred in the developing fetal or infant brain” (Perry‚ p.1724). Cerebral palsy also affects the body movement and muscle
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Key issues relevant to planning and delivering education activities for learners who have Cerebral Palsy. There are various issues that need to be considered when planning and delivering an educational activity for learners with cerebral palsy‚ this essay will explore some of these‚ and relate these factors to a swimming activity. Cerebral Palsy is an umbrella term that encompasses a group of conditions‚ which are present from around the time of birth (Fox‚ 2003). It affects movement‚ co-ordination
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because of underlying neuromuscular disorders like cerebral palsy. Cerebral palsy includes a wide variety of non-progressive brain disorders that occur during intrauterine life‚ delivery‚ or early infancy. It is defined as a syndrome of motor disabilities possibly accompanied by mental retardation‚ seizures‚ or both. Causes of cerebral palsy are many and include cerebral developmental disorders such as microcephaly‚ intracranial hemorrhage‚ cerebral anoxia‚ and toxins such as excessive bilirubin
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Cerebral Palsy is a term for a neurological or brain disorder that affects posture and movement. It is causes a loss of muscle control and coordination. People suffering from Cerebral Palsy have damage to the part of the brain that controls muscle tone. Muscle tone is the amount of resistance to movement in a muscle. During fetal life‚ birth and infancy damage is done to the motor areas of the brain. This can come in the form of radiation or lack of oxygen. Diagnosis of cerebral palsy does not occur
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Cerebral palsy is a common neural developmental condition that is typically encountered by pediatricians. There are numerous definitions of cerebral palsy‚ all of these definitions point out that cerebral palsy is a combination of several permanent but not unchangeable disorders that arise from injury to the adolescent development of the brain. Cerebral palsy consists of several disorders‚ some of which are related to the sever impairment of the motor functionality in young children‚ cerebral palsy
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the characteristics‚ prevalence and effects of dysarthria in children with Cerebral Palsy. It will also examine the effects of speech therapy on children who have been diagnosed with both Cerebral Palsy and dysarthria. The term Cerebral Palsy has been used as an umbrella term for which a number of different definitions have been proposed over the years. The most recent consensus definition recognizes that Cerebral Palsy is characterized by movement and posture disturbance‚ is nonprogressive in nature
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your teeth at night‚ and making your bed in the morning. Imagine if you couldn’t button up a shirt‚ or zip your bookbag. That is the life of a person with Cerebral Palsy‚ A terrible disease that affects lives negatively everyday. Cerebral Palsy is a disability that affects about 2-3 babies in every 1‚000 births. So what is it? Cerebral Palsy‚ also known as CP‚ is a disabilty that will appear either before birth‚ during birth‚ or shortly after. CP will permanently affect a child‚ but will not
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People never know what others are going through. Most of them just don’t understand anything about a person. No one would know what I have dealt with and still try to achieve in my life to this day. I have a physical abnormality known as cerebral palsy. I was born this way and there is nothing that I can do to stop it. It may make me unable to do some tasks and activities‚ but that never will stop me from achieving my aspirations and goals. I will and strive to make myself stronger. This disability
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Cerebral Palsy in Action You are in the hospital. You have a brand new baby in your arms staring up at you. You look back at them with pride glistening in your eyes and excitement in your heart. You realize that you have started on a new adventure and that you feel ready for all of the challenges this little bundle will throw at you. At least that’s how you feel until you get the news. It has been a few weeks since you have come home from the hospital and you just answered a phone call from your
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Braden Lee Neal‚ an aspiring eleven year old‚ is my brother who suffers from Cerebral Palsy (CP). Adopted from a drunken‚ strung out sixteen year old mother of three‚ Braden is a miracle and should not have made it out of the womb‚ or the hospital. My passion‚ Cerebral Palsy‚ has changed my outlook on life and will bring more awareness to living life with Cerebral Palsy. Just a little background about CP; Cerebral Palsy is the most prominent childhood disability‚ and also has no cure. There are
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