Cerebral Palsy: The Never Ending Journey Every day many children, teens and adults struggle and fight to make the best of living with cerebral palsy, most of them never quitting and never losing hope. There are probably many inspirational stories I could tell, but one from my personal experience I knew him growing up, and he was born with cerebral palsy from birth, his being not so severe that he is able to walk on his own. However, he has had a rough time learning to slow down when walking so he doesn't end up falling, along with his speech and his coordination is not the best. Despite the muscles not working as good as they should because of this disorder, he's the most kind hearted person you'll ever met and he never meets a stranger and
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There are actually four different types of cerebral palsy and they are Spastic, Dyskinetic, Ataxic, and Mixed. With Spastic being the most familiar type, it only affects parts of the body, while ataxic is the more rare type of the disorder affects the body as a whole. Since spastic cerebral palsy affects different parts of the body there are also different kinds such as spastic diplegia, which mainly affects the legs. Then there is spastic hemiplegia it affects just one side of the body left or right. Finally spastic quadriplegia it affects both arms and legs, and the face. "People that are diagnosed with spastic quadriplegia are rarely able to walk and seizures can be frequent and hard to control" (Research", …show more content…
However, if the cp is very severe with complications such as seizures, vision problems, restricted mobility and how many disabilities the person has and the severity of those disabilities (Mandal, 2012). It all comes down to if they are receiving the right care nd in the right time frame for it to have the most benefits for the patient. Although most people with cerebral palsy can live pretty normal, long lives, there are a few with more complications that dwindle down te chances of them living long or without tremendous amount of supervision and around the clock care, because they are unable to move on their own without powered wheelchairs or medical devices of some kind involved. These patients have basically no independence for themselves and they become hopeless unwilling to fight anymore. Therefore, their quality of life is poorer, and they have a shortened total life
There are actually four different types of cerebral palsy and they are Spastic, Dyskinetic, Ataxic, and Mixed. With Spastic being the most familiar type, it only affects parts of the body, while ataxic is the more rare type of the disorder affects the body as a whole. Since spastic cerebral palsy affects different parts of the body there are also different kinds such as spastic diplegia, which mainly affects the legs. Then there is spastic hemiplegia it affects just one side of the body left or right. Finally spastic quadriplegia it affects both arms and legs, and the face. "People that are diagnosed with spastic quadriplegia are rarely able to walk and seizures can be frequent and hard to control" (Research", …show more content…
However, if the cp is very severe with complications such as seizures, vision problems, restricted mobility and how many disabilities the person has and the severity of those disabilities (Mandal, 2012). It all comes down to if they are receiving the right care nd in the right time frame for it to have the most benefits for the patient. Although most people with cerebral palsy can live pretty normal, long lives, there are a few with more complications that dwindle down te chances of them living long or without tremendous amount of supervision and around the clock care, because they are unable to move on their own without powered wheelchairs or medical devices of some kind involved. These patients have basically no independence for themselves and they become hopeless unwilling to fight anymore. Therefore, their quality of life is poorer, and they have a shortened total life