Cerebral palsy is a disorder of movement, muscle tone or pos

Cerebral Palsy (CP)

Definition

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Cerebral palsy is a disorder of movement, muscle tone or posture that is caused by damage that occurs to the immature, developing brain, most often before birth. The result of a brain injury or a brain malformation.

The injury to the developing brain may be prenatal, natal or postnatal

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Causes

More about Cerebral Palsy

The causes are congenital, genetic, inflammatory, infectious, anoxic, traumatic and metabolic.

Diagnosis

There is no one test to confirm if a child has cerebral palsy or something else.

Overall Message

Issues Associated with CP

Working Through Obstacles

Perseverance and hard work can make our dreams come true

Excellent grades

Family Support

Appreciate those that are always there to lift you up

British Spastic Society award twice

Poetry

Head Pointer

therapy

Writing

Technology

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“I wanted you to be full of life, able to run and jump and talk like Yvonne. But you are you, you are Joseph not Yvonne. Listen here Joseph, you can see, you can hear, you can think, you can understand everything you hear, you like your food, you like nice clothes, you are loved by me and Dad. We love you just as you are” (pg. 38)

Cherish every moment, even the toughest ones

Facts

“Readers responded so magnificently that all in all Joseph was offered complete micro-computer units, software equipment and thousands upon thousands of pounds” (pg84)

1.Unique

3.Chronic

2.Average Life Expectancy

“ The teachers rescued him by treating him in the same way as all the other pupils. They checked him for messing with his pals and courageously they ignored his disability and ordered him around with the rest of the rabble” (pg 102)

5.It's not Contagious

4.Non-life-threatening

6.Permanent

7.It is Manageable

8.It's an impairment but not a Disease

9. It can be a Disability

Impairment is a condition that limits a person to some degree.

Obstacles Presented by Disorder

floppiness or rigidity of the limbs and trunk

More about Cerebal Palsy

involuntary movements

abnormal posture

Self-loathing

classroom Implications

Bullying

Was on a wheel chair his whole life

Advocate for resources in the classroom (things that will make it easier to interact with him/her; ex: typewriters, smartboards..)

Speak to the whole class about the disability and how they can help their classmate

Keep a close relationship with the family to keep track of progress

Educate myself on how to approach the disability as a whole

Gain more patience and understanding towards my students; giving them a longer amount of time to answer by using the tools necessary

Never to exclude him or to act as if he/she is not there

75%-80% of the cases are due to prenatal injury with less than 10% being due to significant birth trauma or asphyxia.

CP ranging from 1.5 to more than 4 per 1,000 live births or children

500,000 children and adults in the United States manifest one or more of the symptoms of cerebral palsy.

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The Life Story of Christopher Nolan

Written in third person by Christopher Nolan, told as the story of Joseph Meehan

"He saw life recoil before him, and using the third person he rescued poor sad boyhood and casting himself as a storyteller, thereby casting renown on himself by dangling disability before the reader" (pg. 28)

Gained disability due to birth asphyxia

"He dwelt among the gods for two fobbed hours but life clawed him back.." (pg.50)

Dystonia , is a neurological movement disorder syndrome in which sustained or repetitive muscle contractions result in twisting and repetitive movements or abnormal fixed postures

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