The more severe a cerebral palsy (CP) toddler’s motor impairment is, the worse that child’s health-related quality of life (HRQoL) will be, according to a recent Taiwanese study. Motor impairment hurts children with CP by limiting their daily activities and participation in games and sports. This, in turn, affects their life satisfaction…
April is Autism Awareness Month, and April 2 was World Autism Awareness Day — with many people wearing blue to show their support of autism awareness. Across the country, special events and educational workshops concerning autism will take place this month. Surprisingly, cerebral palsy (CP) and autism are…
Fatigue is very common among mothers of children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP), and is linked to higher levels of depression and a lower quality of life, suggesting that the well-being of mothers needs to be considered when designing family-centered rehabilitation programs for kids with CP. But for such programs…
If you could take a pill and have your cerebral palsy cured, would you? What if your chronic illness was cured for one full day. What would you do? Do you ever think about what your life would be like if you weren’t disabled? These are questions I think everyone…
Intensive neurodevelopmental treatment (NDT) significantly improves motor function in children with developmental delays, regardless of whether they have cerebral palsy (CP), a Korean study shows. The study, “Efficacy of Intensive Neurodevelopmental Treatment for Children With Developmental Delay, With or Without Cerebral Palsy,” appeared in the journal Annals of…
Sometimes people have no idea what to say to a person with a disability. They make a simple task of communication into an awkward stream of words. People who have disabilities do not need to be treated differently, or to be reminded that they have a disability.
A new partnership between two upstate New York entities will translate advances in neuroscience into improved treatments for children with cerebral palsy and other neurological diseases. The Burke Medical Research Institute (BMRI) in White Plains and Blythedale Children’s Hospital in Valhalla have launched the Burke-Blythedale Pediatric Neuroscience Research Collaboration — the first…
Dear Whoever Is Reading This Our world today is flowing with endless possibilities; there are more devices to enable you to do more things, to save more time,to get your more places, to make you more productive, etc. We are more in control of our world than ever —…
The nonprofit March of Dimes, a leading voice for pregnancy and baby health, has launched an initiative involving 200 top U.S. maternal and child health experts and organizations. The goal of the Prematurity Campaign Collaborative is to give newborns — especially the most vulnerable — the healthiest possible start to life. Premature babies (those…
What were you doing when you were seven years old? Most seven-year-olds are playful and energetic, and enjoy running freely. But cerebral palsy changes a normal perspective into something extraordinary. When I was seven, a brand new world opened up to allow me to have a little…