Cerebral palsy

1. Cerebral palsy is one of the most common congenital (existing before birth or at birth) disorders of childhood.

2. Cerebral palsy is an "umbrella term" in that it refers to a group of different conditions.

3. Cerebral palsy, then known as "Cerebral Paralysis", was first identified by British surgeon William Little in 1860.
4.Cerebral palsy or CP is the most common childhood physical disability. It is a permanent physical condition that affects movement.

5. Cerebral palsy (CP) describes a group of disorders of the development of movement and posture, causing activity limitations that are attributed to non-progressive disturbances that occurred in the developing fetal or infant brain. The motor disorders of cerebral palsy are often accompanied by disturbances of sensation, cognition, communication, perception, and/or behavior, and/or by a seizure disorder.

6. Cerebral palsy is divided into four major classifications to describe the different movement impairments. These classifications reflect the area of brain damaged. The four classifications are:
* Spastic
* Athetoid
* Ataxic and
* Mixed.

7. Cerebral palsy can occur during pregnancy (75%), at birth (5%) or after birth (15%). 80% of causes are unknown.

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