Teach them, please, at any cost that we are like other people. Awake Magazine for the Disabled. In Memory Of Our Daughter Kimberley Rene' Who rejoined the angels in Heaven 13 years ago. Here's hoping these will help someone else. According to the United Cerebral Palsy Associations,Inc., cerebral palsy is a group of disabling conditions caused by damage to the central nervous system.
Cerebral palsy can be mild or severe.
Ten thousand babies with the disorder are born each year,and another 2,000 acquire itin the early years of life. Spastic the most common type, which results in intense contracted muscles. The effects of cerebral palsy depend on the extent and location of the brain damage. Special educators and physicians have discovered that early intervention can make an important difference. Early intervention programs enlist parents and other family members to work with the child in specific activities.