Different Forms of Cerebral Palsy
What Are The Different Types of Cerebral Palsy The different types of cerebral palsy make it difficult to transmit messages…
Living With Cerebral Palsy
Cerebral Palsy - A Way Of Life
Can Cerebral Palsy clinical negligence claims be seen as a force for good?
Cerebral Plasy Criminal Negligence Clinical negligence compensation claims often get a pretty bad press in the UK. Headlines that latch onto…
Living With Cerebral Palsy
Embracing Life Challenges While Living with Cerebral Palsy Cerebral Palsy is a locomotive disorder affecting different aspects of life. Although,…
A Positive Attitude To Disability
A positive attitude to disability BBC Scotland reporter Ian Hamilton has been travelling around Europe to investigate job opportunities for…
Mothers And Offspring Can Share Cells
Mothers And Offspring Can Share Cells Throughout Life Cutting the umbilical cord doesn’t necessarily sever the physical link between mother…
Getting Disabled Access Recognised
Disabled access in the Forefront – Platform Lifts Since 1995, and the introduction of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA), architects…
Getting Deserved Help From Care Givers
Government Launches Guidance To Assist In Support For Self Care, UK Health Minister Ivan Lewis announced the introduction of seven…
What Is AutoImmunity
Autoimmunity Autoimmunity is the failure of an organism to recognize its own constituent parts (down to the sub-molecular levels) as…
Reflux Disability Explained
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD; or GORD when spelling oesophageal, the BE form) is defined as chronic symptoms…
What is Marfan Scoliosis
Marfan Syndrome The Marfan syndrome is a medical condition and is classified as a heritable disorder of connective tissue. Connective…
Orthopaedic Problems in Children
Orthopaedic Problems in Children From knock-knees to pulled elbows, paediatrician Dr Benjamin Jacobs and orthopaedic surgeon Ms Deborah Eastwood advise…
What is a Congenital Physical Anomaly
Congenital Disorder A congenital physical anomaly is an abnormality of the structure of a body part. An anomaly may or…
Neurology Dealing With Disorders
Neurology Neurology is a medical specialty dealing with disorders of the nervous system. Specifically, it deals with the diagnosis and…
How The Body Works
How The Body Works Breathing The body’s breathing apparatus is enclosed in an expansile bony cage, formed by the ribs,…
Quadriplegia Cerebral Palsy In Children
Quadriplegia Cerebral Palsy A form of cerebral palsy that affects all limbs Quadriplegia is a form of cerebral palsy that…
What is The Hemiplegia Connection With Cerebral Palsy
Hemiplegia (or hemiphlegia) Hemiplegia (or hemiphlegia ) is a condition where a vertical half of a patient’s body is weak…
What Is Spastic Diplegia
Spastic Diplegia Spastic diplegia refers to a type of cerebral palsy that is a neuromuscular condition of hypertonia and spasticity…
How Do We Look At Seizures and Epilepsy
Epilepsy Seizures Epilepsy Seizures are temporary abnormal electro-physiologic phenomena of the brain, resulting in abnormal synchronization of electrical neuronal activity.…
Special Education for Cerebral Palsy
Conductive Education Conductive Education Conductive education, or CE, is an educational system that has been specifically developed for children and…
Lekotek Assistive Technology Toys and Expertise for Disabled Children
Lekotek, Swedish for “play library” Lekotek, Swedish for “play library” is an international program to lend Assistive Technology, toys and…
