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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.

October 6, 2021

Insights From Genetic Studies of Cerebral Palsy

Cohort-based whole exome and whole genome sequencing and copy number variant (CNV) studies have identified genetic etiologies for a sizable proportion of patients with cerebral palsy (CP). These findings indicate that genetic mutations collectively comprise an important cause of CP.

June 17, 2021

Saved by the Mom Squad

We got the diagnosis of Cerebral Palsy when Lelia was 18 months. I was really happy, as we didn’t know what was wrong with her before then. She had low tone. She couldn’t roll over. She couldn’t sit up. Of course she didn’t walk. The diagnosis gave it a name, something I could work with, and I became a kind of vigilante mother, determined to get the best care for my daughter.

Photo of Lelia Purky wearing a straw har with a yellow flower with blue doodles

July 1, 2020

Letting Go

As your child with CP is becoming a teenager, there are a couple of things you may want to think about.

Text says "your child is growing up and becoming their own person"

July 1, 2020

Siblings

I have cerebral palsy spastic diplegia. So it affects my legs and sometimes my fine motor skills. I walk with two canes. I do things a little slower, but I get things done.

July 1, 2020

Teaching Your Parents

One thing that parents can say to start a conversation with their kids is, "Let's talk".

"Let's talk" is written in a speech bubble above a representation of a parent standing with their child who uses a wheelchair

July 1, 2020

Building Your Care Team- The People You May Meet

When first meeting a parent who's had a child newly diagnosed with cerebral palsy, I really want to try and help them understand their baby. It can be difficult for parents to take it in all at once and many leave that first interview quite overwhelmed, but you're going to meet some really important and helpful people.

July 1, 2020

Is Cerebral Palsy Genetic?

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.

July 1, 2020

What is Neuroplasticity?

Babies develop about 80% of their brain growth over the first two years of life, and it's also when all the connections in the brain, what we call the white matter, which is the cables in the brain, grow and develop and connect to the cortex.

Outline of child's head outlining brain connections that relate to neuroplasticity

July 1, 2020

Optimizing Neuroplasticity

A lot of parents don't realize that their baby, all the skills that they have. So they can look at you, they can follow you. They're already starting to imitate you, and through the first few months of life, they're already starting to learn to reach and grasp toys, and to have nonverbal communication with you.

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