Cerebral Palsy News

    Patient Oriented

• Cerebral Palsy
  March of Dimes
• Cerebral Palsy
  The National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
• Cerebral Palsy A Guide for Care
  Alfred I DuPont Institute
• Cerebral Palsy Information PageNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
  National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

    Provider Oriented

• Cerebral Palsy
  eMedicine
• Cerebral palsy: A look at etiology and new task force conclusions
  OBG Management
• Management and Prognosis of Cerebral Palsy
  UpToDate
• Practice parameter: Diagnostic Assessment of the Child with Cerebral Palsy
  American Academy of Neurology

• Health: Conditions and Diseases: Chronic Illness  (53)
• Reference: Education: Special Education  (663)
• Society: Disabled  (1,169)
• Society: Disabled: Education  (77)
• Sports: Disabled: Cerebral Palsy  (9)

• Associated Conditions of Cerebral Palsy - Explores in detail the conditions associated with CP such as epilepsy, severe constipation, depression, and perception impairments.
• Caring for Cerebral Palsy - Offers detailed support, references and links focusing on the logistics of caring for a child with CP.
• Causes of Cerebral Palsy - CP has its origins in genetic and non genetic factors. This sites explores its causes from both positions.
• Cerebral Palsy - Read about a disease that can have a broad range of severity. Learn how to spot the symptoms, how CP is diagnosed, and what team of physicians is needed for treatment.
• Cerebral Palsy: A Guide for Care - Describes causes, symptoms, diagnosis, prognosis, treatment options, and types of cerebral palsy.
• Cerebral Palsy: Ask the Doctor - Describes athetoid, ataxic, and spastic cerebral palsy in children, including history, causes, symptoms, therapy and treatments.
• Cerebral Palsy Fact Sheet - March of Dimes defines cerebral palsy and related disorders, and describes causes and treatment.
• Cerebral Palsy: Hope Through Research - An informational booklet on CP compiled by NINDS, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
• Cerebral Palsy Info Central - Provides an overview of CP, including definitions of common terms, information about living with CP, and general disability resources.
• The Cerebral Palsy Network - Provides information about the CPN as well as a resource center. Includes a chat room and an email group at Yahoo.
• Cerebral Palsy Resource Center - Provides information about many aspects of cerebral palsy, including history, types, causes, and CP in the media. From Carolyn, a woman with spastic hemiplegia as well as a seizure disorder.
• Cerebral Palsy Society of New Zealand - Information on the types, causes, effects and management of CP.
• Cerebral Palsy Tutorial - Provides information about types, causes, therapy and growing up with CP. From the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Children's Medical Center.
• Children's Hospital Boston: Cerebral Palsy - Describes causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and the long-term outlook for the child with cerebral palsy.
• Forms of Cerebral Palsy - Examines in detail the different forms of CP and includes a glossary and bibliography.
• How Can I Help - Information for friends and relatives of a child with cerebral palsy.
• Kids Move - Provides an overview and describes diagnostic methods and treatments for each child movement disorder, including ataxia, bradykinesia, choreoathetosis, dystonia, myoclonus, spasticity, tics, and tremor.
• Kiss it Make it Better: Cerebral Palsy Risks & Pregnancy - Parents guide provides information on steps for preventing cerebral palsy in unborn children.
• Midwife Archives: Maternal Infection and Cerebral Palsy - Describes the increased risk of cerebral palsy created by maternal infection.
• NeurologyChannel.com: Cerebral Palsy - Provides an overview and describes symptoms, causes, risk factors, diagnosis, treatment and research.
• NINDS Cerebral Palsy - Information page compiled by The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
• Pediatric Oncall: Cerebral Palsy - Describes and answers questions about causes, prevention, and treatment.
• Twin Enterprises Network: Cerebral Palsy Resource Center - Features an online cerebral palsy booklet, dictionary, book and resource lists, and special sections for kids and parents.