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Cerebral Palsy is a disease that affects movement, motor, and muscle skills. It restricts the body's ability to move in a purposeful and coordinated way

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Every 15 hours, an Australian child is born with Cerebral Palsy.

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Sam has spastic cerebral palsy which affects his ability to move. One day there was a severe ice storm in the Midwest and him and his mom, Mary, needed to leave. She had a van which contained a specialized wheelchair for Sam. Mary's van was damaged in the ice storm and the family could not leave. They were stranded in their household till the storm blew over. Mary encourages families with a child with special health care to have an escape plan to be able to take care of them.

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Cerebral palsy doesn't get worse overtime + every case of cerebral palsy is different to each person

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Some main causes of cerebral palsy is a brain injury/malformation while the brain is still developing  before, during, or after birth. Specifically, it affects the cerebral cortex in the brain. As a result of this, muscle control and coordination, reflexes, and more will be affected greatly.

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Premature, low birth weight, and multiple birth babies have a higher chance of getting CP.

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In most cases of Cerebral Palsy, a brain injury can lead to CP during pregnancy.

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- Ataxic Cerebral Palsy
: This affects balance and depth perception

- Dyskinetic (athenoid) Cerebral Palsy
: Causes uncontrollable movements

- Spastic Cerebral Palsy
: Causes stiffness and difficulties moving + most children have this

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Cerebral Palsy is one of the most common motor disability diseases that occurs in children (mostly boys than girls).

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Since there is no cure for CP, there are some ways to combat it:
- therapy
- medicine to help with stiffness and muscle pain
- surgery to fix and help scoliosis and dislocated hips which is common in kids who have CP
- eating healthy and maintaining good strength

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- bladder and bowel movements
- breathing, talking + eating difficulties
- communication + learning disabilities
- loss of hearing
- visual impairment or blindness

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About 17 million people in the world have cerebral palsy.

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Cerebral Palsy can also occur in the first 5 years of a child's life.