Children with cerebral palsy have special needs. Although your child’s doctors and therapists handle much of their treatment, there are big ways you can lend a hand to make your child’s life easier.

Today’s final edition on special needs diets is focused on cerebral palsy. Children with cerebral palsy may have a harder time getting sufficient nutrients due to the physical difficulties of chewing ...

Children with cerebral palsy could be helped to speak more clearly following the advice of new research. Children with cerebral palsy could be helped to speak more clearly following research by a ...

Children with cerebral palsy (CP) face many challenges including impaired motor control and coordination, functional impairment, sensory disturbances, and, sometimes, communication difficulties and ...

A successful new rehabilitation approach to treating children with cerebral palsy puts its focus on where a child lives and plays, not just improving the child's balance, posture and movement skills.

Speech therapy is a treatment for speech, language, and voice disorders. During speech therapy, you or your child works with a speech-language pathologist (SLP), who teaches you how to speak more ...

Children with cerebral palsy might soon use technology to gain some independence. UC Riverside researchers are developing robotic sleeves that provide arm control to kids with cerebral palsy-related ...

Ataxic cerebral palsy is a developmental disorder that affects balance and coordination. Children with the disorder may have difficulty walking steadily or performing precise movements, such as ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A UNF biomechanics lab is searching for children with cerebral palsy for power mobility clinical trials. Families selected for the studies will visit UNF three times over six ...

Cerebral palsy (CP) is a diagnostic label representing a wide range of nonprogressive motor impairments that are identified at birth or in early childhood. A more specific definition identifies CP as ...