Quadriplegia

There are four types of Cerebral palsy. Grouped according to how many limbs are affected.Hemiplegia or diplegia is when one arm and one leg on the same side of the body or both legs or affected.Monoplegia is when only one arm or leg is affected. Quadriplegia is when both arms and both legs are affected. Cerebral Palsy is a brain injury or brain malformation that occurs while the brain is developing. It can occur before,during, or after birth.As a result of brain damage during brain development a…

and a massive sense of relief washed over me. The Doctor remarked that I was a lucky boy, and explained that a nerve ending in my neck had been nicked. One millimeter deeper and the temporary paralysis that I experienced would have been permanent quadriplegia. I wondered if my mom had given up on me. I wondered why she was still crying sad tears. I asked for June and she cried harder. I found out from my dad that June had committed suicide. She believed I would never wake up, as did the…

Cerebral Palsy Passion Project Paper Cerebral Palsy is the most common physical disability in childhood (Cerebral Palsy Foundation, yourcpf.org., n.d., factsheet) This means that Cerebral Palsy also becomes a prominent disorder in adults. Cerebral Palsy is a lifelong disease, it is not progressive, however, the symptoms a person has can change over time (Cerebral Palsy Foundation, yourcpf.org.) This means that while the individual who has Cerebral Palsy will not get any worse, their symptoms…

work on his education and learning skills. Chris lives with multiple challenges a typical 21 year old does not have to worry about. At birth Chris was diagnosed with Severe Mental Retardation or Intellectual Disability (MR/ID), cerebral palsy, quadriplegia and vision loss. He is bound to a wheel chair that he has zero control of. Recently, he upgraded his wheel chair so he would be able to move on his own. However, due to the lack of teaching and the slow learning process can drag the progress…

ADA Informative Essay People with disabilities have had to fight for their rights through protests because they were treated poorly and sent to places like almshouses and asylums. In the article “Disability History: Early shifting attitudes of treatment “by National Park Service” it states “The superintendents of the Johnson County Poor Farm and Asylum, which opened in 1855, argued that it offered good work and living situations but it was overcrowded and dirty.” People with disabilities were…

I was born prematurely at seven months and diagnosed with a physical disability called cerebral palsy spastic quadriplegia. As I grew older, I could not help but be filled with bitterness and resentment towards my disability, because I could not do things spontaneously. Being disabled brought on this belief that having the ability to walk would solve all my problems. I wished I had a body that was my very own: a body that was in sync with my mind, that moved ever so freely without any…

I have chosen to discuss the Timothy W. vs. Rochester School district case. It appeared in front of the court on May 24, 1989. It was a lawsuit that was filed against the Rochester School district by Timothy W. Timothy W. vs. Rochester School district case was ruled by the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals. It ruled that under the Education for all Handicapped Children Act; now known as IDEA, school boards were required to provide special education services regardless of how big or little the…

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",…

What personal qualities and practical experiences will make you a good health care worker? To be a patient is to be vulnerable, to trust, to need, to suffer and to worry. I know from experience. My mother ankylosing spondylitis and has had three joint replacements. I have had four rounds of physical therapy myself. I know what it is like to be the patient, and to have a loved one receive care. These experiences, in part, informed my decision to become a physical therapist. When providing…

Although muscular function is diminished, cognitive function is unaffected. Currently, there are three types of LIS as described by Bauer; complete or total (quadriplegia and anarthria, no eye movement), Classic (vertical eye movement and blinking), and Incomplete (some voluntary movements are recovered and more eye movements available). Both males and females are equally at risk for Locked-in Syndrome. It can also…