As the child of two parents with cerebral palsy, I learned at the age of six or so to offer some digestible definition of the condition to anyone who asked: It is a disorder that happens because of ...

In the United States, there are currently more adults living with cerebral palsy than children. Despite this, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still label cerebral palsy as "the most ...

For decades, cerebral palsy resources have focused on the needs of children, but with a new toolkit, that could be changing. The 172-page document is being billed as the “first comprehensive” guide ...

Muhammad Zunair, a patient at St. Mary’s Healthcare System for Children in Bayside, lives with cerebral palsy. His mission is to spread awareness of the ...

For many kids with cerebral palsy, walking is taxing. They might spend thousands of hours step-stepping in physical therapy to make walking easier. In recent years researchers have developed robots to ...

Aundi Grace, who has cerebral palsy, adapts daily tasks like feeding and holding her baby to parent safely ...

Defining cerebral palsy only as a childhood condition fails to acknowledge the many adults living with the disease. In the United States, there are currently more adults living with cerebral palsy ...

Cerebral palsy is the most common physical disability in childhood worldwide. It is a neurological disorder affecting a person’s movement and posture and is caused by a non-progressive brain injury or ...

Doctors use a few different scales when looking at how cerebral palsy affects your body and life. It’s important to note that these scales aren’t progressive. Cerebral palsy is a motor condition that ...