Sometimes, a birth injury can be caused by an infection. What may be a minor, even inconsequential infection in adults may be life-threatening to children. Some infections end up causing cerebral palsy in infants. How Does it Happen? If your child’s CP was traced back to an infection that they
CP lawsuits are sometimes the best ways for parents to get help dealing with the tremendous costs of treating a child with this condition. CP encompasses a group of disorders that result from a brain injury, so there is no cure, only treatment. Here are three facts about the lawsuits filed over CP t
Take a look at the news and you’ll see that the treatments for cerebral palsy are many and that they are advancing all the time. That does not mean that CP is not a serious disorder. Some of these treatments can alleviate the worst symptoms of the disorder, but they are not all able to […]
Cerebral palsy is most well-known for the effects it has on the muscles. It’s a neuro-muscular disorder and, because the brain injury is obviously not visible, people tend to see the most severe symptoms in the form of spasms and difficulty walking and performing other tasks. There are treatments
Learning about cerebral palsy requires that you take in a great deal of information. There are a lot of misconceptions about this particular condition but, fortunately, there are resources out there that can help you. Some of these resources, such as United Cerebral Palsy, are advocacy organization
Using animals for therapeutic purposes is really not a new idea. In fact, simply being around animals and having pets has been shown over and over again to be therapeutic in many ways. One way that cerebral palsy sufferers are sometimes helped with their particular problems is through therapy using
Some of the worst instances of medical malpractice affect children. In fact, cerebral palsy, a condition which involves a brain injury that affects a child’s ability to control their muscles is sometimes the result of medical malpractice of one sort or another. Here’s some of the basic informati
If you have a child with cerebral palsy, many of the challenges that you’ll face have to do with providing a high quality of life for your child. Doing so is largely dependent upon the severity of their symptoms and what type of cerebral palsy they suffer with. For some children, even performing t
Families who have a child with cerebral palsy face many struggles. Not the least of those struggles are the expensive medical treatments, assistive devices and other resources required to provide for a person who suffers from this condition. Cerebral palsy results from a brain injury, which means th
Fourteen artists who all have cerebral palsy in common are sharing their talents in a big way. The artists encompass a wide variety of different styles and techniques and, for some of them, art is a business that they hope to break into. One of the artists, Anne Abbott, has broken into the art world