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Cerebral palsy is a group of neurological disorders affecting movement, ... They crawl by pushing off with one hand and one leg while dragging the other side of their body.
Cerebral palsy art teacher paints with leg . Toma Unu, a cerebral palsy art teacher at Modupe Cole Memorial Child Care and Treatment Home School, Akoka, Lagos, led some ...
Spastic diplegia cerebral palsy (SDCP) is a form of cerebral palsy that causes muscle stiffness and spasms in a person’s legs and, sometimes, arms. This is due to damage to the motor cortex of ...
As an adult, he found out he'd actually been diagnosed with cerebral palsy at birth. His memoir, Leg:The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It, is an intimate, funny and honest look at ...
Spastic cerebral palsy is one type of cerebral palsy that involves muscular stiffness. ... a shorter and thinner arm and leg on one side of the body; walking later in life than usual or on tiptoe; ...
Health Why one expert says it’s time to redefine cerebral palsy. The focus should be on CP as a lifelong physical disability, not just a childhood condition.
A three-year-old with cerebral palsy affecting his legs is running 500m of his school playground – to support his parents’ ...
Children with cerebral palsy need wider and bigger shoes to fit over their leg braces. The shoes and socks aren't covered by government assistance and can be too expensive for many families.
When authorities responded to a Woodbridge home on April 2, they found a 32-year-old man with cerebral palsy lying on the floor, unconscious and covered in his own bodily fluids.
Lexi Cook tells PEOPLE about raising her son, Bo, who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at 4 months old, and how some doctors have given her hope.
HOUSTON, Texas -- Five-year-old Aries is changing the world, one step at a time. Aries was born at 23 weeks to Aisha Atkinson. He weighed 1 pound, 11 ounces. "Emotionally, it ended up being a very ...