A patent has been granted for a new grip aid solution for patients with cerebral palsy and other conditions in which poor hand function limits daily activities. The aid allows patients with no, or very limited, grip strength to hold objects. Initially, the grip aid, EazyHold (EZ), was designed…
You meet all kinds of people when you have cerebral palsy. Some people aren’t so nice and some make you feel uncomfortable, but others are kind. Someone asked me recently what was the kindest thing someone had done for me. Immediately, I responded, getting my wheelchair-accessible van. It…
Parents of children with disabilities have a tough job, but also a rewarding one. You have a child filled with tremendous potential, but the challenges of their disabilities hold them back or cause obstacles. I believe that education is so important to both parent and child. Education…
For the last 10 weeks, I’ve been taking a course my college calls “Introduction to Disability Culture.” To refresh your memory, I’m a senior in college and I have a physically obvious disability — I would like to think that I have been well acquainted with disability culture…
Hey! I never know how to reintroduce myself to you after being away for a while, and oddly enough, the topic at hand today is how you can reintroduce yourself to people as someone with a disability. Let me explain: Over the course of my life, I have…
Cerebral palsy has had a major impact on my life as well as the people important to me. A negative outlook is easy to have when thinking about living with a disability. Often I visualize myself without cerebral palsy, and it feels so real. But I know I…
While browsing Reddit recently, I came across a discussion about how to tell people that you have a disability. I have never had the luxury of nondisclosure because my disability has always been visible and I often use mobility aids. However, I have experienced the feelings…
Non-ambulatory patients with cerebral palsy (CP) have increased bone loss in their spine and thigh bones — accompanied by increased levels of a factor known as sclerostin — compared to CP patients who can walk. These findings might offer researchers an insight into the biological processes guarding bone loss, which may…
Vitamin D supplements during pregnancy reduced the risk of premature births at an urban medical center by 60 percent, a study reports. A key implication of the research is that fewer premature births translate into fewer disorders such as cerebral palsy that are associated with preterm deliveries. Researchers featured the…
Researchers at two universities in the U.K. have managed to map where spontaneous brain activity occurs in healthy preterm infants. This advancement could lead to a better understanding of how the absence of this activity is linked to the development of cerebral palsy and other disabilities. The research team combined…