Medical condition that affects control of muscles Cerebral: head Palsy: anything wrong with control of the with control of the muscles or joints in the body muscles or joints in the body Students will be able to explain the causes, symptoms and long-term effects of Parkinson’s disease and Cerebral Palsy.

Cause: an injury to the brain before, the brain before, during, or shortly after birth during, or shortly after birth Students will be able to explain the causes, symptoms and long-term effects of Parkinson’s disease and Cerebral Palsy.

Sometimes—beforebirth Infection Accident where mother is injured is injured Students will be able to explain the causes, symptoms and long-term effects of Parkinson’s disease and Cerebral Palsy.

Sometimes caused if mother has a if mother has a medical problem medical problem such as high blood such as high blood pressure or diabetes pressure or diabetes

Sometimes, during birth, the baby will birth, the baby will not get enough oxygen or the not get enough oxygen or the delivery will be difficult and delivery will be difficult and the baby’s brain is injured. the baby’s brain is injured. Another cause may be as a result of premature delivery result of premature delivery Students will be able to explain the causes, symptoms and long-term effects of Parkinson’s disease and Cerebral Palsy.

You do not catch cerebral palsy from another cerebral palsy from another person. person. You do not develop cerebral palsy later in life. palsy later in life. It is caused by an injury to the brain near the time the brain near the time of birth of birth Students will be able to explain the causes, symptoms and long-term effects of Parkinson’s disease and Cerebral Palsy.

Cerebral palsy: damage to area of brain damage to area of brain that controls muscle tone that controls muscle tone Too loose, too tight or some tight or some combination of combination of the two the two Students will be able to explain the causes, symptoms and long-term effects of Parkinson’s disease and Cerebral Palsy.

Types Spastic C. P. Muscle tone is too high or Muscle tone is too high or too tight too tight Stiff & jerky movements Stiff & jerky movements About half of all CP victims About half of all CP victims Students will be able to explain the causes, symptoms and long-term effects of Parkinson’s disease and Cerebral Palsy.

Types Ataxic C. P. Low muscle tone & poor Low muscle tone & poor coordination of movements coordination of movements Unsteady and shaky such as Parkinson’s in an older as Parkinson’s in an older person person Poor balance; shaky walking Students will be able to explain the causes, symptoms and long-term effects of Parkinson’s disease and Cerebral Palsy.

Types Athetoid CP Mixed muscle tone Mixed muscle tone Trouble holding themselves Trouble holding themselves up in upright, steady up in upright, steady position for sitting or position for sitting or walking & often slow walking & often slow movements of face, arms, movements of face, arms, and upper body that they and upper body that they don’t mean to make don’t mean to make Students will be able to explain the causes, symptoms and long-term effects of Parkinson’s disease and Cerebral Palsy.

Also discriminated by affected body by affected body parts parts Quadriplegia—all 4 limbs Hemiplegia—one side of body Diplegia—just legs Students will be able to explain the causes, symptoms and long-term effects of Parkinson’s disease and Cerebral Palsy.

Christy Brown Ireland Ireland Published poet Published poet Triplegic victim Triplegic victim of cerebral palsy of cerebral palsy My Left Foot (Jim Sheridan) My Left Foot (Jim Sheridan) Students will be able to explain the causes, symptoms and long-term effects of Parkinson’s disease and Cerebral Palsy.