Cerebral Palsy

This week was an interesting week. We spent most of our time learning and teaching many different types of brain disorders. There were a couple that caught my attention the most. Wanting to know more about disorders, I took the liberty to research one on my own.

Cerebral Palsy is a disorder thats dear to my heart. I've always had a dream to help child who are impaired but still have the spirit and hope. Cerebral Palsy is a disorder that is diagnosed as a small child. Cerebral Palsy involves the impairment of the both control in the body along with the brain. "The term cerebral means two halves, or hemispheres within the brain." Not only does this disorder effect young child, but there isn't any treatment to cure it. Most doctors diagnose children within a few years of childhood. These children have to go through many years of therapy to try and make it in the world, with the odds against them. To diagnose cerebral palsy is on a development

spectrum.

Although some scientists say it's mostly genetic, other causes are included such as:

Bleeding in the brain

Brain infections

Head injury

Infections in the mother during pregnancy

Severe jaundice

The point of this article is to show that there are many different brain disorders out there and many individuals suffer from them each day.

I myself found the presentations in class inspiring and intreging. I've learned alot about the different brain disorders that can occur and am interested in learning even more about others.