is cerebral palsy an intellectual disability
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Is Cerebral Palsy An Intellectual Disability?
Learning and gaining knowledge
The History of Cerebral Palsy
Cerebral palsy was discovered by an English surgeon in the 1860’s named William Little.
William Little notice the stiffness in children's arms and legs called spastic diplegia.
The previous name of cerebral palsy was ‘The Little’s disease’.
Cerebral palsy is also known as CP. Williams theory of cerebral palsy was difficulties during birth.
Williams theory was the most common affect of cerebral palsy, but physicians today discovered many more affects towards CP.
What is Cerebral Palsy?
It’s a group of disorders that affects movements. It results from brain damage that occurs during, or after birth. There are different types of cerebral
palsy:▪ Diplegia affects arms and legs.▪ Hemiplegia affects limbs on one side of
the body.▪ Quadriplegia affects all limbs.▪ Monoplegia affects only one limb.▪ Triplegia affects all three limbs.
Is There A Cure?
Cerebral palsy is incurable, but it can be maintain by physical therapy.
In physical therapy they exercise and learn how to balance themselves out.
They also learn how to make body movements on their own.
The Early Symptoms of CP
Early signs of cerebral palsy will be noticeable around the age of 3.
A main sign of cerebral palsy in babies would be development delay and abnormal muscle tone.▪ Development delay is when children or adults are
not able to stand, walk, run, sit, or grab objects.▪ Abnormal muscle tone is tension in the muscle or
stiffness in the body. Babies born prematurely are most likely to have cerebral palsy.
Communications
Most people with cerebral palsy, are unable to talk. They use devices that helps them communicate, or a chart with letters. Some with cerebral palsy that are deaf, use sign language.
Learning capability
Many people assume that people with disabilities are incapable of learning, as a matter of fact they can learn; it just takes time.
It depends on what type of cerebral palsy you have, to be consider an intellectual disability. An Intellectual disability is a disability with
slow limitations, both in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior.
Learning capability
The basics of learning for people with CP are learning how to: Eat, communicate, exercise and learn to
maintain there muscles. By accomplishing this they can be
themselves and express who they are.
The Struggles of Having CP
UPPER BODY
LOWER BODY
Walking Running Using the toilet
properly Digesting food Severe muscle
spasms in legs.
Eating foods Grasping objects Communicating Blind Deaf Brain damage
Side affects
SEVERE
Seizures Spasms Hyperactivity disorder Speech problems
MINOR
Hearing Visual problems Behavior problems Learning problems
Words of hope from people, with CP
“So many of our dreams at first
seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we
summon the will they soon become inevitable.”
- Christopher Reeve
“My biggest hopes and
dreams were to be normal and be accepted in society without being look at strangely.”
-Craig Clifton“My wish was to
show that I am
capable of living
and doing things
my own .”
-Jessica Gould
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