| Cerebral palsy is a disorder of movement that occurs | | | | limited movement that they must also have mental |
| before, during or shortly after birth usually due to a | | | | disability or be less intelligent. This is not the case and |
| lack of oxygen to the brain. Within the overall | | | | many people who have very severe physical disability |
| category of cerebral palsy there are many different | | | | have either normal or superior intellects. |
| types, each with their own particular symptoms and | | | | CP is Caused by a Lack of Oxygen to the Brain |
| characteristics. | | | | Before, During or After Birth |
| Cerebral Palsy is a Disorder of Movement | | | | CP is caused by a lack of oxygen to the brain |
| Cerebral palsy is a disorder of movement; this | | | | resulting in damage to different parts of the brain. |
| disorder may include tight muscles that result in stiff, | | | | This can be caused by abnormal development or |
| jerky movements such as spastic cerebral palsy or | | | | diseases of the mother before birth, a cord tied |
| uncoordinated movements such as athetoid cerebral | | | | around the neck or other problems during the birth |
| palsy. The severity will also vary from person to | | | | process, or near drowning, meningitis or other causes |
| person and could be very severe where the patient | | | | leading to a lack of oxygen within the first few years |
| is confined to a wheelchair and where there is very | | | | after birth. |
| limited movement in any part of the body, or it could | | | | CP is a disorder of movement caused by lack of |
| simply be a slight limp or movement problems in the | | | | oxygen that starts in infancy or before birth and can |
| hands and arms. | | | | vary in severity from a very mild form to severe |
| Cerebral Palsy is Not Mental Disability or Lack of | | | | physical disability. It does not necessarily affect the |
| Intelligence | | | | intelligence and in many cases those who are |
| Many people tend to get confused with this and feel | | | | severely affected physically have normal or superior |
| that because someone is perhaps severely physically | | | | intellects. |
| affected, confined to a wheelchair and has very | | | | |