Trisha,

        Cerebral Palsy was first described medically by Dr. Thomas(?)
Little of London in a speech to the London Obsterical Society. I once saw a
copy of the Lancet Article in the Medical archives at Randolph AFB, Texas.
It is brilliant succinct description. In regard to intelligence, Little
said the CP could range from genius level on down to "spastic drooling
idiots". Many American "guru's" in CP chose to ignore Little reference to
genius and said he labelled all CP's as "spastic drooling idiots", thus
grabbing some glory at Little expense. For quite some time, CP was termed
Little's Disease.

So much for the mini-lecture.





>HI Kathy,
>
>   Well, I do an informational CP related topic each month - in lieu of the
>questions that was raised last week by Beth - I posted a simple introduction
>to CP for everyone who doesn't have it - there is much misconception about
>it - I knew it was a diagnosis given only to children with brain damage
>occuring around the natal to 18 month age range - generally not diagnosised
>until around or after age 2. Amber who had a stroke at birth is said to have
>CP and is a Right Hemi -  an older child or adult having a stroke would be
>diagnosed with CVA. Same thing. The difference comes in - in the growing
>process. Adult stroke victims suffer from the paralysis but not the growth
>effects. Anyway, CP is a generic term  like Human or Cancer , don't tell you
>much - therefore it confuses people - and generally evokes the worst case
>scenerio - when we quantify the results by category - its much easier to
>understand - like Amber is a Right  Hemi. Just saying she has CP - tells you
>little about her. You have CP and so does Amber - yet it is very different.
>
>                                                    Brightest Blessings
>                                                           Trisha
>
>> Greetings Trisha,
>>
>> What is this about? Kathy
>>