Abstract Many questions came to mind while researching Cerebral Palsy (CP). Is CP a disease, impairment, disability, and/or a handicap? The two definite answers are, Cerebral Palsy is not a disease and CP is an impairment. (An impairment is a loss or limitation of function. (Citation!)
There are several types of CP which are classified based on specific body movements, these are spastic, dyskinetic, athetoid, ataxic and mixed. The research will define the types of CP, speak to the causes, identify key statistics, and identify some of the challenges. The main focus of the research will be on students who are non-verbal students with CP. How do these children communicate? How are they motivated? How do they move forward in education? These …show more content…
John Little. He published a paper “On the Nature and Treatment of the Deformities of the Human Frame.” He went on to lecture on Spastic Cerebral Palsy. (Characterized by tightness in one or more muscle groups and affects 70 to 80 percent of individuals with cerebral palsy.) (A. Turnbull, R. Turnbull, M. Wehmeyer, & K. Shogren, 2013). Several other notable doctors weighed in the causes of cerebral palsy. Sir William Osler published “The Cerebral Palsies of Children,” (1889) which began the wide use of the term cerebral palsy. Up until this time the thoughts were that CP was caused by loss of oxygen to the brain. Dr. Sigmund Freud who co-authored (Oscar Rie) “Clinical Study of the Unilateral Cerebral Paralyses of Children” (1891) and wrote “On the Knowledge About Cerebral Diplegias of the Childhood Age” (1893) in 1897 Freud openly disagrees with Little and Osler stating that cerebral palsy might be caused by fetal development (decades before the medical field accepted the concept) instead of oxygen starvation at birth in infantile cerebral paralysis. (Cerebralpalsy.org, …show more content…
Cerebral refers to the cerebrum of the brain. The cerebrum is the largest part of the brain and is utilized for the higher thinking order functions humans need to survive. (Learning, thought, memory, and language.) (A. Rathus, 2016). From Webster’s Dictionary palsy as a noun meaning paralysis, particularly when accompanied with tremors. From this we can quickly determine CP effects the central nervous system in some way. CP refers to a group of neurological disorders that affect movement and posture and occur before birth or during infancy. Cerebral Palsy is not a disease and is not contagious. It is an impairment which also may be considered a disability. CP is not progressive and has no cure. Professionals working in this space look for means through technology, learning strategies, assistive technology, and any method possible to enable individuals who have CP to live as independent and productive life as possible. (Salend, 2011), (A. Turnbull, R. Turnbull, M. Wehmeyer, & K. Shogren,
There are several types of CP which are classified based on specific body movements, these are spastic, dyskinetic, athetoid, ataxic and mixed. The research will define the types of CP, speak to the causes, identify key statistics, and identify some of the challenges. The main focus of the research will be on students who are non-verbal students with CP. How do these children communicate? How are they motivated? How do they move forward in education? These …show more content…
John Little. He published a paper “On the Nature and Treatment of the Deformities of the Human Frame.” He went on to lecture on Spastic Cerebral Palsy. (Characterized by tightness in one or more muscle groups and affects 70 to 80 percent of individuals with cerebral palsy.) (A. Turnbull, R. Turnbull, M. Wehmeyer, & K. Shogren, 2013). Several other notable doctors weighed in the causes of cerebral palsy. Sir William Osler published “The Cerebral Palsies of Children,” (1889) which began the wide use of the term cerebral palsy. Up until this time the thoughts were that CP was caused by loss of oxygen to the brain. Dr. Sigmund Freud who co-authored (Oscar Rie) “Clinical Study of the Unilateral Cerebral Paralyses of Children” (1891) and wrote “On the Knowledge About Cerebral Diplegias of the Childhood Age” (1893) in 1897 Freud openly disagrees with Little and Osler stating that cerebral palsy might be caused by fetal development (decades before the medical field accepted the concept) instead of oxygen starvation at birth in infantile cerebral paralysis. (Cerebralpalsy.org, …show more content…
Cerebral refers to the cerebrum of the brain. The cerebrum is the largest part of the brain and is utilized for the higher thinking order functions humans need to survive. (Learning, thought, memory, and language.) (A. Rathus, 2016). From Webster’s Dictionary palsy as a noun meaning paralysis, particularly when accompanied with tremors. From this we can quickly determine CP effects the central nervous system in some way. CP refers to a group of neurological disorders that affect movement and posture and occur before birth or during infancy. Cerebral Palsy is not a disease and is not contagious. It is an impairment which also may be considered a disability. CP is not progressive and has no cure. Professionals working in this space look for means through technology, learning strategies, assistive technology, and any method possible to enable individuals who have CP to live as independent and productive life as possible. (Salend, 2011), (A. Turnbull, R. Turnbull, M. Wehmeyer, & K. Shogren,