Living with Cerebral Palsy -

Living With A Disability

Living with a disability can frustrate both for the person with the condition and their families. This frustration can turn into pleasure when life goals are achieved even from the earliest goal of learning to crawl, to writing your name. It doesn’t matter how small the achievement is it is the next step to independence. This […]

Orthopedic problems in Children

From knock-knees to pulled elbows, paediatrician Dr Benjamin Jacobs and orthopaedic surgeon Ms Deborah Eastwood advise on some common paediatric conditions. Delayed walking Most children walk with hel

Parenting Special Needs Children

When a special needs child presents all the unique needs associated with his/her situation, parents face challenges that can sometimes be quite difficult. Certain conditions are more severe than othe

Scoliosis and other Disabilities

Angelman syndrome Is caused by the loss of the normal maternal contribution to a region of chromosome 15, most commonly by deletion of a segment of that chromosome. Other causes include uniparental di

Common Symptoms of Scoliosis

What are the Symptoms of Scoliosis The symptoms of scoliosis are: Prominent shoulder blade Uneven hip and shoulder levels. Asymmetric size or location of breast in females. Unequal distance between ar

Famous People With Cerebral Palsy

(CP) is an umbrella term encompassing a group of non-progressive, non-contagious diseases that cause physical disability in human development. Cerebral refers to the affected area of the brain, the cerebrum (however the centers have not been perfectly localised and the disease most likely involves connections between the cortex and other parts of the brain such […]

Neurodevelopmental Therapy for Cerebral Palsy

My name is Andrew Brereton and I work as an individual neuro developmental therapist under the title of ‘Snowdrop.’ I provide programmes of rehabilitation for children from all over the w

Raising a Child with Cerebral Palsy

A Day in the Life of a Cerebral Palsy Mum Desperate mum Alison Thorpe’s plea for doctors to remove her severely disabled teenage daughter’s womb has sparked an ethical storm. Fifteen-year-

Living with Cerebral Palsy Timeline

Athetoid Cerebral Palsy 1961 My CP is Athetoid, which affects the area of movement and motor skills. This can cause much involuntary and uncontrollable reactions when doing every day tasks which can make certain things exhausting and difficult to do. However, the amount of unintentional movements, varies from day to day. Some day I am […]

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