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May 1, 2024

Cerebral Palsy, Mental Health and Psychotropic Medications

This presentation from the 2023 AACPDM Community Forum presents and overview of the interactions between the types of Cerebral Palsy, Mental and Behavioral Health and various medications and strategies to treat challenging mental health disturbances.

October 25, 2023

Bone Health Among Adults with Cerebral Palsy: Higher bone mineral density may be deceiving

Our research shows that higher Bone Mineral Density (BMD) was associated with a greater risk of fracture, which is opposite of what we would expect. When we picked apart the BMD ratio we found that bone size had the strongest association with fracture risk, such that smaller bones had a greater risk.

April 13, 2022

Preventive Care for Adults With Cerebral Palsy and Other Neurodevelopmental Disabilities: Are We Missing the Point?

Adults with Cerebral Palsy have unique care needs related to physiological changes that occurred with growth and development with Cerebral Palsy, including mental health, yet experience many barriers to proper care.

February 9, 2022

Head Over Wheels: Her Story

Growing up with Cerebral Palsy I often wondered if I would ever experience my happily ever after. The fairytales my mom read me always followed the life of a beautiful princess falling in love with a handsome prince. You never read about a prince and princess in wheelchairs or with any type of disability for that matter.

Shelby, a dark haired woman wearing a white dress sitting in a wheelchair next to David who is wear in Blue shirt and khaki pants sitting in his wheelchair.

July 1, 2020

Botulinum Toxin Top 10 Questions

A screenshot from the YouTube video, "Top 10 Questions"

July 1, 2020

Learning From Each Other

July 1, 2020

Preparing for Botulinum Toxin Injections

When it comes to preparing your child for Botulinum Toxin injections, the first most important thing to remember is to know your child.

Infographic with purple background written in bold font with the words how to prepare your child for botulinum toxin injections

July 1, 2020

What is Constraint Induced Movement Therapy?

Upper limb therapies and interventions have been well studied in cerebral palsy. Different interventions that have good evidence are Constraint Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT) and Bimanual Therapy. CIMT has been shown to be successful in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy (CP). CIMT uses a splint to physically constrain the uninvolved arm and encourage them to use the more involved or affected arm.

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