I  don't think there is anything wrong with a child w/cp that laughs when
there nervous.
The child could tighten up when there nervous.  Anyways lots of children
laugh when there nervous.
-----Original Message-----
From: BT Heizer <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Saturday, February 06, 1999 8:45 AM
Subject: Re: Embarrassing CP quirks


>not that you want to be compared to a child or anything, and please take no
>offense, but anyhow.....
>my 3 yr old niece has mild cp.  it affects her right side. if she had her
>way, she would never use her right hand/arm, it would be clenched up by her
>chest.  her right leg does pretty well, you can barely tell she walks just
a
>little differently.  as an infant, she did the GI Joe crawl, she could
never
>get up on all fours (this was pre-diagnosis). and she didn't walk until she
>was almost 2.  we all do exercises with her.
>she too has a hard time controlling her laughter, and this is not just
>because she's 3.  she does it when she's nervous, she'll get really silly
>and laugh and laugh........making it difficult for her to complete whatever
>task she's working on.  her parents supposedly see the anger thing, but i
>think that's a reaction to her environment with them, and not related to
the
>cp.  she is very well mannered when she stays with the rest of the family.
>
>:-)
>tammy
>