In a message dated 8/4/01 6:06:26 PM, [log in to unmask] writes:

<< I have been wanting to ask this question for a while now, I was reading an
article about a man with Cerebral Palsy.  He was born with CP but had the
ability to communicate, use his hands and walk until he was 16, when he lost
the abilities and now he is a vegetable.  I'm wondering how this could have
happened because I have always been told that Cerebral Palsy doesn't get
worse than what it is at first?  I know in my life, it has gotten somewhat
better the more independent I have gotten but I have to say that I believe
if you become independent, you will receive physical therapy without even
seeing a physical therapist. >>

I would think his later condition was something separate and apart from CP.
There
are many neuromotor conditions which appear like CP, but are quite different.

Bobby