Getting to know more about Cerebral Palsy.

Getting to know more about Cerebral Palsy.

Cerebral Palsy is the most common cause of severe physical disability in childhood with approximately 2 in 1,000 newborns being diagnosed Cerebral Palsy is the term used for a group of disorders and postures caused by irregular development or damage to motor control centres in the brain. Cerebral palsy affects the individual early on in their life and continues throughout their lifespan. Cerebral Palsy usually results from a brain injury that happens just before the completion of cerebral development. 

Cerebral palsy affects muscle control and movement and it could also affect learning, hearing, seeing and thinking, this all depends on the severity of Cerebral palsy within the individual. Other symptoms such as loss of site or strange touch approaches are also common in individuals which suffer from Cerebral Palsy. Cerebral palsy is not a singular diagnosis due to the fact that the term Cerebral palsy encloses various diagnoses’. 

Cerebral palsy is mainly categorized as spastic, ataxic or dyskinetic. Mainly the cases of Cerebral palsy among children fall under the spastic type, rather than the other two that were mentioned above. The diagnosis of Cerebral palsy in an individual is typically made after approximately 2 years; however identification of the patterns within an individual could be made as early as 6 months. Due to different symptoms, types of treatments for individuals suffering with Cerebral palsy must depend on the person’s condition so that one could provide the individual with the best type of care.

There are different types of therapy methods that have been used to help children with Cerebral palsy. Physiotherapy and Occupational therapy methods have both been used on individuals and have both helped the children with Cerebral palsy. Occupational therapists also use the sensory integration approach so that they could help to improve the person’s capability to process and coordinate sensory information. Occupational Therapists also use the sensory integration approach due to the fact that it is meant to increase the brains specific skills. According to previous studies, the sensory integration approach is beneficial in helping children with Cerebral Palsy to experience sensory impairments. 

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