Types of CP
The type of CP in which an individual has symptoms from more than one type of the disorder.
What is mixed?
The original name given to CP.
What is "Little's disease"?
The type of CP that is caused by abnormal brain development or damage before or during birth.
What is congenital?
The federal mandate that ensures all children receive a "free appropriate public education".
What is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)?
The type of CP in which the muscles appear stiff and tight.
What is spastic?
What Little believed was the cause of CP.
What is difficult labor/anoxia during labor?
The type of CP that is caused by brain damage that occurs more than 28 days after birth.
What is acquired?
An additional/related service that may benefit an individual with CP.
What is OT, PT, speech therapy?
The most common type of mixed CP.
What is spastic-dyskinetic?
Who was William Osler?
The two causes most often associated with acquired CP.
What are infections and head injuries?
The specialized equipment that allows and individual with a disability to complete tasks in their environment.
What is assistive technology?
This type of CP only affects 6% of CP and is caused by damage to the cerebellum.
What is ataxic?
The individual that was the first to state that CP may be cuased by abnormal prenatal development.
Who was Dr. Sigmund Freud?
What are thyroid problems and intellectual disability?
Types of mobility equipment that may be necessary for an individual with CP in the classroom.
What are wheelchairs, standing frames, walkers, supportive seating?
The other names given to dyskinetic CP.
What are athetoid, choreoathetoid, and dystonic?
The name of the book written by William Osler about CP.
What is "The Cerebral Palsies of Children"?
Example of a problem with blood flow to the brain that may cause acquired CP.
What is stroke, deformed blood vessels, sickle cell disease?
Type of assistive technology that may be helpful to accommodate for writing tasks.
What is word processors and writing software?