Cerebral Palsy
By: Brianna Giordanella
What is cerebral Palsy?
Cerebral Palsy is a disorder that can hinder a persons brain and nervous system functions and manifests itself in movement, learning, hearing, seeing, and thinking abilities.
Aquatic Therapy
Aqua-therapy helps with flexibility and coordination.
CP Symbol
The color for CP is green.
CP awareness month is March.
Occupational Therapy
OT helps with balance. It also helps with fine motor skills and helps people learn how to become independent.
Symptoms & Therapies
Some symptoms of Cerebral Palsy are delays in reaching, motor skills, favoring one side of the body, difficulty walking, excessive drooling, delays in learning abilities, difficulty in balance, and delays in speech development. Some therapies to help people diagnosed with CP are Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Aquatic Therapy, Speech Therapy, and Equine assisted Therapy.
Equine Therapy
Equine Therapy helps with balance, It helps with teach kids how to trust, communicate, build social skills and learn boundaries. It helps with muscle strength too.
Speech Therapy
Speech Therapy helps with language development and pronunciation.
CP Symbol
Becoming aware of disabilities helps find cures and can help people who go through it never give up and be strong no matter the disability.
Physical Therapy
Physical Therapy helps with strength and flexibility as well as balance. PT focuses on the larger motor skills.
How I can Relate to Cerebral Palsy
My twin sister Cassidy was diagnosed with CP when we were just little girls. Fortunately, Cassidy is only affected on her right side, more specifically her right leg, arm, and brain (right hemiparesis). Because of this, she is taught on a lower level in school and is visited almost daily by in-home therapists who help her with her developmental skills. She involves herself with cheerleading, horseback riding, tennis, dance, and swimming. All of these activities help her with her balance and flexibility. Cassidy has improved so much with her balance, grade level, and fine motor skills. Cassidy is a hard working abled-person and doesn't let her disability stop her from everyday life.