An approachable guide to being a thoughtful, informed ally to disabled people, with actionable steps for what to say and do (and what not to do) and how you can help make the world a more accessible, inclusive place.
Judy Heumann’s candid, intimate, and irreverent memoir about resistance to exclusion, invites readers to imagine and make real a world in which we all belong.
Author Andrew Soloman proposes that being exceptional is at the core of the human condition—that difference is what unites us.
Written by cerebral palsy specialists, Drs. Peter Rosenbaum and Lewis Rosenbloom, this book gives a comprehensive, yet accessible and readable overview of cerebral palsy across the lifespan.
Comedian Zach Anner opens his frank and devilishly funny book, If at Birth You Don't Succeed, with an admission: he botched his own birth. Two months early, underweight and under-prepared for life, he entered the world with cerebral palsy and an uncertain future.
Written for both clinicians and families, this comprehensive guide to complex cerebral palsy utilizes the ICF to organize and guide the subject matter in order to assist both clinicians and families to maximize participation for those who are impacted more significantly by cerebral palsy.
For three editions now, a team of experts associated with the Cerebral Palsy Program at the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children have shared vital information through this authoritative resource for parents, who will turn to it time and time again as their child grows.
Cerebral palsy is caused by damage to the infant brain. This damage can involve not only the motor parts of the brain, but also the parts that deal with vision. This is not related to damage to the eye but is related to damage of the parts of the brain that process visual information.
As a parent, when it comes to different types of interventions for infants with cerebral palsy, how do you know what you have, what you don't, and what you could get?
It has been scientifically proven that enriched environment can help children with CP gain new skills in their movement but also their thinking and communication skills.
After we got the diagnosis we met with Dr. Maitre the next day and she gave us a roadmap.