Cerebral palsy
July 22, 2010 in Video
About one in 400 children born alive has cerebral palsy. An expert explains causes, symptoms and treatment
July 22, 2010 in Video
About one in 400 children born alive has cerebral palsy. An expert explains causes, symptoms and treatment
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CapriUni said on July 22, 2010
@LilPolishBoi Well, I thank you for your concern, but you don’t need to feel sorry for *me* — I have CP. I also have a basically happy life. What sorrows I do have are *not* the result of my condition.
CapriUni said on July 22, 2010
Wow. a presentation about CP that doesn’t even mention mental retardation. How refreshing! In the U.S., quite a few doctors just assume that mental retardation is a common part of the condition. … Which makes it doubly hard for people with CP to get the proper access to education, or being taken seriously by doctors and teachers. I have CP. I was almost diagnosed as retarded, when I was 2, but my mom challenged that, and the evaluating psychologist took it off my report (I’m 46, now).
Dan4157 said on July 22, 2010
1 in 400 people, how mild are those cases?!
beth1966mich said on July 22, 2010
hi, i am deaf and mild c.p. i was born with c.p. i was very sick baby. i learned to walk about 3 yrs old. my family helped me execrise. i am very good and very normal. i walk very good then before. when i grew up, i walked funny then i walked straight now.. my arms are good. no promblem..
envy20105 said on July 22, 2010
@thebloga20 CP is a nonprogressive and inhereditary disease. The baby won’t get the disease from your boyfriend.
thebloga20 said on July 22, 2010
My boyfriend has CP, and we want to have a baby,will he or she be affected by his condition?
raganriley said on July 22, 2010
@LilPolishBoi Jesus or god does not exsist, but i do feel bad for you and understand your situation.
MsTrinichic said on July 22, 2010
@DISKETTES1000
I don’t think so. Rather CP is brought on by a lack of oxygen to the newborn during delivery
affinc99 said on July 22, 2010
What western medicine does not do is address how to access the brain to re-train a child how to move again so that the problems that occur later in life are avoided. Braces, surgery and stretching muscles do not address the ‘pattern’ that the brain has established in movement. A structural movement specialist does addresses the pattern causing the movement limitations and guides the child to re-learn movement. Search movement therapy of more information.
Dacholo1 said on July 22, 2010
@BronteShakespeare haha best !
reggieboy04 said on July 22, 2010
@DISKETTES1000 I think what they mean by trauma physical trauma, such as a hard fall or a car crash.
reggieboy04 said on July 22, 2010
My son has a form of CP called hemiplegia, which affects the left side of his body. In his case, a stroke that he survived as a young baby caused his CP. His case is quite mild, to the point that many people do not know he has CP when they first meet him. That isn’t to say that it doesn’t affect him, though. Unfortunately, many people tend to group all people with CP together and assume that the diagnosis means that the person cannot live a normal, active life.
walkingdan said on July 22, 2010
Excellent video and accurately stated. My son has a very severe form of spastic quad CP. But he is an exceptional child. He found mobility in two ways. As a result he was able to have better quality of life than those with his similar condition. Very informative!
KatT34Racer said on July 22, 2010
I have Ataxic Cerebral Palsy and I found this really interesting
StettB26 said on July 22, 2010
my cousin was born prematurly, but wasnt born with CP… it was medical mal-practice but non the less hes still living with it, as a matter of fact hes been training and today hes going to be walking without his crutches thats hes needed his entire life, that or rely on his wheelchair when too tired to walk.
PietroDimeglio said on July 22, 2010
@LilPolishBoi this world is such a harsh place, things just dont make sense.
hero22zippy said on July 22, 2010
@BronteShakespeare me too
DISKETTES1000 said on July 22, 2010
Could you explain me trauma during pregnency? like stress during pregnency, I guess if mother is stressed out during pregnency it effects the brain development of unborn baby, could anyone tell me if stress during pregnency can causes cerebral palsy?
kaylagirl7769 said on July 23, 2010
that is probobly the one thing i can do well in my case anyways i love too swim its one thing i no i can do without a probleme @msdontprocrastinate
kibblex said on July 23, 2010
i’ve got CP too. i never knew there was anything seriously wrong until my mum told me i had it at birth and i put things together. mines very very mild, i always just figured i was clumsily/ uncoordinated. CP doesn’t affect your mental state, just your movement right?
lyndapies said on July 23, 2010
I don’t blame you I also have CP and it was hard for my parents to hear that from the doctors and the doctors said I wasn’t gonna make it but I did. I only had problems walking on my right leg and now i’m ok.
wootageboy said on July 23, 2010
I had those splints Ahhh memories.
PriscillaandSyd said on July 23, 2010
I have CP too, but mine is not serve though, it only affects my left side only. I can walk around my walker just fine, and nobody treats me no differently except for my family. They treat me like im still a kid and they won’t let me as active and independently I want to be. I wish I could move out one day and live the life i wanna live.
S0LDIERx0FxG0D said on July 23, 2010
@bookwormpianist: im glad your happy..i was born with it so i know how it is..mine was even worse then yours a bit cause i couldnt talk.but somehow it mellowed out a bit and now and can talk perfectly. i dont know how my speech got good but it did..anyway theres hope..
bookwormpianist said on July 23, 2010
i’m 16 and have muscular CP…both my legs are affected and my left side is weaker cant wiggle my fingers on my left hand ver y well anyway…since i turned 13 i was determined to make myself happy and make mysel feel like i was someone…i speak fine luckily i have no problems with speech..i am now happy to say i did everything ppl said i’d never be able to do i speak 10 languages play 10 instruments sing..i’m also a writer and a photographer i’ve even been on stage….there is hope for CP ppl