Hadlee Gibson November 13th‚ 2017 4th period Disease Diary Cerebral Palsy Cerebral palsy is the disorder of movement‚ posture or muscle tone. Some people diagnosed with this disease have a loss of hearing and vision. Cerebral palsy doesn’t a ffect the life expectancy of some people. Some of the symptoms are: stiff muscles‚ exaggerated or jerky reflexes‚ problems with movement on one side of the body‚ involuntary movements or tremors‚ lack of coordination and balance‚ problems swallowing or sucking
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On earth there are approximately 17 million people with Cerebral Palsy. Cerebral Palsy is the most common physical disability in childhood. This physical disability can impact the body in numerous ways‚ and except in its mildest forms‚ it can be evident in the first 12-18 months of a child’s life. (Alliance 2016) Cerebral Palsy is one general term that refers to a group of disorders that affect a person’s ability to move. Cerebral Palsy is a life-long condition and there is no cure. It is due to
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Cerebral Palsy is one of the most common movement disorders‚ especially in children. Approximately 2.1 per 1000 births are diagnosed with this disorder (CDC 2013). Causes of cerebral palsy range from preterm birth and birth complications to poor genetics to hypoxia or inflammation in the newborn brain. Since many causes of cerebral palsy occur prenatally rather than postnatally or perinatally‚ and given that it is hard to isolate any one of these factors as the cause‚ it is very difficult to determine
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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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begun nursery for the first time‚ but unfortunately Imogen has cerebral palsy. Nursery is a place she is enjoying attending she is a bright and happy girl who enjoys having peers around her .Her favourite activity is being creative but has difficulty in controlling her body movements with a tendency which makes her body have random action. Her speech is affected and being unable to control her tongue causes her to drool. Cerebral palsy is a condition which has more than one disorder which can affect
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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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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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terrified of storefront windows. When I accidentally glance into storefront windows‚ I see a reflection of how I walk. My gait and the resulting walk provide evidence of a lack of oxygen to my brain during my birth—the evidence that I have Cerebral Palsy. Cerebral Palsy has provided me with a stride that resembles that of a drunk person‚ a fact that I am regularly reminded of on Friday and Saturday evenings due to living on a college campus. I know that the weekend has come when I see a good portion of
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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 Cerebral Palsy is caused by a brain injury or brain malformation caused before‚ during or after birth‚ which is when the baby’s brain is under development.As a result of the brain damage a child’s muscle control‚ muscle coordination‚ muscle tone‚ reflex‚ posture and balance could be affected because of this. Can impact the child’s motor skill. In order to prevent your child from having Cerebral Palsy you have to be careful with birth injuries. In some cases‚ Cerebral Palsy cannot
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