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April 20, 2018April 20, 2018

People With Disabilities Striving to Work, Working Well, Survey Says

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A recent survey found that people with disabilities are engaging in job preparation and job search activities, and also are successfully negotiating barriers at work. The survey was sponsored, in ... Read more

April 18, 2018April 18, 2018

New Handbook Outlines Treatment Strategies for Pediatric Patients with Swallowing Problems

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A new handbook to help clinicians determine the best strategies to treat developmentally challenged children who have swallowing problems was developed by a team at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation ... Read more

April 16, 2018April 16, 2018

Cerebral Palsy Alliance to Undergo Digital Transformation to Improve Client Services

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Nexon Asia Pacific will help support the Cerebral Palsy Alliance with a digital transformation to improve services for patients and families affected by cerebral palsy, autism, motor neuron disease, and other ... Read more

April 13, 2018April 13, 2018

Scoliosis Surgery Improves Quality of Life in Children with Cerebral Palsy, Study Suggests

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Surgical treatment for scoliosis significantly improves the quality of life in children with cerebral palsy, outweighing the risks of surgery-related complications, a study suggests. Up to 35 percent of ... Read more

April 11, 2018April 11, 2018

Computerized Gait Profiling in Cerebral Palsy Can Help in Disease Management, Study Suggests

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A new computer-based method developed to identify gait patterns in children with cerebral palsy can help clinicians use gait for diagnosis and to assess treatment outcomes, according to researchers. The ... Read more

April 9, 2018April 9, 2018

Pediapharma Makes Its Treatment for Drooling Available in Canada

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Pediapharm has been making its treatment for drooling available to Canadian children and adolescents with cerebral palsy and other neurological conditions. Health Canada opened the door to Cuvposa’s (glycopyrrolate’s) distribution when it approved it ... Read more

April 6, 2018April 6, 2018

Tailored Botox Doses Are Best Way to Treat Spasticity, Study Reports

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Using a range of measures to assess cerebral palsy patients’ twitching, then adjusting the treatment to the patient, is better than giving each a commonly used standard or high ... Read more

April 4, 2018April 4, 2018

Apple Proposes New Emoji to Represent People with Disabilities

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A set of 13 new emoji designed to represent people with disabilities has been proposed by Apple to the Unicode Consortium. Apple expects the new figures and objects to ... Read more

April 2, 2018April 2, 2018

Risk of Cerebral Palsy, Other Motor Problems Higher in Very Premature, Underweight Babies, Study Finds

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Extremely premature and underweight newborns have a greater risk of developing cerebral palsy or other motor impairments by the time they are 8 years old, according to Australian researchers. ... Read more

March 28, 2018March 28, 2018

Cerebral Palsy Patients Test Canadian Researchers’ Virtual Rehabilitation System

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Canadian researchers developed an at-home virtual rehabilitation system for people with weakness on one side of their body, then tested it in a two-month-long cerebral-palsy-related study (NCT02290353). The team ... Read more

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