As your child with CP is becoming a teenager, there are a couple of things you may want to think about.
Weight, height and body composition are important indicators for development. The tools used to measure these can be different for children with cerebral palsy.
To give you an idea about genetic variation between each of us, there are about three million differences in our genetic code. They go to influence the color of our hair and the color of our eyes, the way we walk.