Baby Brain Neuroplasticity
This diagram represents the relative size of a three-year-old brain compared to an 18-year-old brain. I picked a three-year-old brain because this is the age when most children are...
Ready For a Cure?
There is every reason to think that the next 10 years will bring more cures of cerebral palsy by either preventing or by treating the early brain damage that...
Progress in Stem Cell Treatment for Cerebral Palsy
This news report from San Diego is about some remarkable improvements in a young child with hemiplegia treated with her own stored cord blood cells. This is very good...
Does Your Child have ADHD?
You might be surprised to find that the diagnosis of ADHD relates to the child’s birthday. In a new study from Taiwan, the diagnosis of ADHD was more common...
Dyskinetic Quadriplegia – Athetosis, Choreoathetosis & Ataxia – GMFCS I to V
These are the main movement disorders seen in children with cerebral palsy. Collectively they now represent 10 to 15% of children with CP, but there is a much higher...