Cerebral Palsy is nonprogressive and it is disorders of movement. This disorder occurs because of some functional problems in the brain during early development. Cerebral Palsy makes some problems in infancy such as problems with motion, balance, muscle strength and coordination. These problems continue into later life. Moreover, Cerebral Palsy may affect muscles of breathing, swallowing and speech. Other problems such as intellectual disabilities and seizure may occur (Torpy, & Lynm, 2010). Cerebral Palsy has different ranges from subclinical abnormalities to severe impairments (Cerebral palsy, 2011). Two to two and half out of every 1000 live births have Cerebral Palsy. Most of these children experience other nonmotor problems too (Cerebral palsy, 2011). In the United States, between 765,000 and 1,000,000 children and adults live with Cerebral Palsy. The number of children with Cerebral Palsy is increasing, because of increasing survival of low birth weight infants and longevity of Cerebral Palsy adults (Glew & Bennett, 2011). There are three different types of Cerebral Palsy, which are Spastic, Dyskinetic and Ataxic. Spastic Cerebral Palsy makes the muscles of the body to be tight, so the normal movement does not allowed. Dyskinetic (Athetoid) Cerebral Palsy causes involuntary movements of body such as moving arms and legs without control. Ataxic Cerebral Palsy causes the person to have poor balance and coordination (Torpy, & Lynm, 2010). Children with Cerebral palsy have different severity in their disability and the severity affects outcomes. There are five levels of Gross Motor Functional Classification Systems. These levels are based on the ability to movement to show the severity of Cerebral Palsy. Children with GMFCS leve... ... middle of paper ... ...bnormal postures, improve balance, develop fundamental movement and reduce or increase tone. Some of the most popular therapies are massage, aquatherapy and hippotherapy. Medications also help to treat muscle contractures, pain, sleep and etc. moreover, massages relief the child’s pain temporary (Green & Hurvitz, 2007). Some of the non-pharmacological treatments are occupational therapy, speech therapy, physiotherapy, or combination of some of these methods. These methods help children to improve their motions, muscle strength, motor development and weaken spastic agonist muscles. Medical and surgical interventions are successful besides physiotherapy and occupational therapy. Moreover, different approaches help children to delay or prevent deformity and maximize activity. These therapies improve children’s health, life and self-esteem. (Koman, Smith & Shilt, 2004).
definition, the words Cerebral Palsy are used to describe a medical condition that affects control of the muscles. Cerebral means anything in the head, and palsy refers to anything wrong with control of the muscles or joints in the body. If someone has cerebral palsy, it means that because of an injury to their brain (that's the cerebral part), they are not able to use some of the muscles in their body in the normal way (that's the palsy part). Children who have cerebral palsy, or CP, may not be able
Definition Cerebral palsy is a broad term recognizing any number of neurological disorders that typically develop either during pregnancy, during childbirth or early childhood until about the age of three. It permanently affects body movement and muscle coordination, though it never progress’s over time. The word cerebral palsy is claimed from the combination of the defined terms cerebrum, referring to the damaged part of the brain, and palsy, referring to the disorder of a movement. Cerebral palsy describes
someone breaks there arm they can still move around and wont have a problem but someone who is on a wheelchair who is going to be consider as physical disability. This topic on physical disability got me interested just because my friend who has cerebral palsy mad me think that he didn’t have a choose on his disability and some times I think its unfair for people who have a certain disability when there young and don’t have a choose. Next is that some people are born with a physical disability who
more excited than anything. I was eager to put myself in this position because I wanted to understand what it feels like for these individuals in particular. For my walking in others’ shoes experience I chose to portray someone who has cerebral palsy. Cerebral Palsy is a disorder by abnormal brain development. The consequences include “exaggerated reflexes, floppy or rigid limbs, and involuntary motions.” (searched google) To portray this role, I walked around various stores with rigid legs. I appeared
1). Out of my mind has many voices because the story focuses on a 10 year old girl with Cerebral Palsy who is really smart but can’t speak or move. When reading this book you get a look at what life is like when you have Cerebral Palsy and how difficult it can be. 2)The theme of this book would have to be the struggle of being different. 3) Melody Brooks: (The Main character of this book. Sister of Penny. Has a mom and a dad) Penny Brooks:( The younger sister of Melody Brooks. Is often brought
Daniel-Day Lewis portrayed the character, Christy Brown, beautifully in the film, “My Left Foot”, directed by Jim Sheridan. The film focused on the story of Christy Brown, a man born with cerebral palsy, which only allows him to control his left foot and to at first speak in mumbled sounds. Christy was born into a very large and poor Irish family that tries to hide him from the community due to the embarrassment, except for his mother, who sees his true intelligence and potential. As Christy grows
between two disabled women. It also looks at the connection between heterosexuality and able-bodied identity. It tries to analyze the censorship of certain scenes in the film, Margarita with a Straw, directed by Shonali Bose. Through
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showed to the school that there were too numerous kids in the house to efficiently work with the child at the house. In the case of Pupil D, Ms. Gorman says that the moms and dads may be feeling guilt ridden as well as rather in denial of the kid's Cerebral Palsy.
have. Although the neighbors’ kids were all a lot older than my brother and me, they were always very nice and would play lots of different games with us. I thought this was so cool considering that they were all boys. The oldest boy, Jayson, had cerebral palsy. Jayson was 18 years old. He walked a little funny and talked a little funny, but he was so friendly. Jayson loved to play many different sports, but he was told constantly that he was not good enough to play and be part of an organized team
committing murder. An example of this is the case of Robert Latimer. Although he claimed to have mercifully ended the life of his daughter who suffered from an extreme case of cerebral palsy,he was convicted of murder in the second digree. The courts were obliged to find him guilty as he broke the law by taking the life of another human being. Robert Latimer took it upon himself to decide that his daughter would never lead a full life. Tracy Latimer was never given an opportunity
before a sea of politicians in Queen's Hall in Melbourn, Autralia on September 8, 2008. Gianna Jessen gracefully arrises from her seat and carries a slight limp as she walks up to the podium. With one hand tightly gripping the podium for support she looks around at all the faces curiously peering up at her. None of them had anticipated what they were about to hear. In a child-like voice, she began her speech with, "I was adopted and my mother was seventeen and so was my biological father. She was 7
Administrators from New York schools admit that “low income areas in NYC look to cut out art education because of tight budgets” (Raleigh). Many schools are making art classes either optional or taking them out completely because they don’t have the funds to keep them. The many schools throughout North America that require art credits to graduate from high school note the problem the rest of the schools have by making them optional or taking them out altogether. Many people say that art classes teach kids
For instance, on JJ’s first day in his new school an over-zealous teacher calls for the class to give JJ a standing ovation. The teacher looks sees JJ’s look that expresses his exasperation at the unnecessary welcoming they are giving him, simply because he is disabled. Misinterpreting JJ’s look, the teacher shouts to the class, “Oh, God. He can’t stand. The ovation is insensitive! Everybody down” (P-I-Pilot). It is easy as the audience to see where the teacher and
Do you ever feel like your society worries too much about appearance and what people think of them? The story Out of my Mind, by Sharon Draper, puts you in the shoes of Melody, a girl with cerebral palsy. She can’t talk, but she has a lot to say. Out of my Mind should be preserved because it’s relatable through how the main character thinks and feels, it will change the way you view things and people, and it has good messages such as knowledge is power and don’t judge a book by its cover. The book