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April 28, 2023

Changes over time in speech classification between 4 and 10 years in children with cerebral palsy

Speech impairments like dysarthria are common in children with cerebral palsy (CP) which can greatly affect participation across environments. Our study examined how speech impairment severity changes over time in 101 children with CP at 4, 6, 8, and 10 years of age.

January 18, 2023

Dystonia Systematic Review

This systematic review looks at all available evidence for pharmacological/neurosurgical interventions for managing dystonia in individuals with cerebral palsy to inform the AACPDM care pathway.

July 1, 2020

Everyone Experiences Pain Differently

There are so many different causes for potential pain that it can be hard to find the cause. If you have CP or are a parent of someone with CP it is really important to empower yourself with information on pain including what causes it and options for treatment. You need to work out what is causing the pain not just mask it with pain medication.

"Every Person who has cerebral palsy experiences pain differently" shown in text above a representation of two people, one in a wheelchair, the other using crutches

July 1, 2020

Measuring Growth for Children with Cerebral Palsy

Weight, height and body composition are important indicators for development. The tools used to measure these can be different for children with cerebral palsy.

Illustration on pink background with a female clinician sitting across from a family including parents and a young girl in a wheelchair. There is a question mark in a speech bubble above the young girl and the clinician is holding a clipboard with the words growth, nutrition and body composition on it.

July 1, 2020

Use of Segmental Lengths for the Assessment of Growth in Children with Cerebral Palsy

Children with cerebral palsy (CP) often grow poorly and assessment of growth in this population is further complicated by two main difficulties. Firstly, children may have joint contractures, muscular weakness, scoliosis, and/or involuntary movements that make standing or lying straight difficult, if not impossible.

July 1, 2020

Promoting Bone Health in People with Cerebral Palsy

When we have a physical disability, our bones can get a bit weak or osteoporotic. Something that can be improved is promoting bone health for people with cerebral palsy.

White sun over green background (vitamin D)

July 1, 2020

One Size Does NOT Fit All- Using Multiple Means For Communication

Let me tell you about multimodal communication. We, as typical communicators, all use many different strategies. We use speech, gestures, facial expressions, technology, and no-tech solutions. As communicators, we all size up the situation based upon our communication partners, the context, the environment and then we choose to use the most effective communication strategy.

Drawing of hand giving the thumbs up signal against a pink background

July 1, 2020

Understanding Brain Injury in Cerebral Palsy

It is important to understand the brain injury for each individual person, because they can be really different. Where the injury is can give us important clues to what motor problems that individual will have. The time you have the biggest risk to having a stroke is as a baby, not as an adult so it is important to understand what may be happening in the infants brain.

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