I have athetoid, but , I have spastic movements.
Go figure!

Kathy






--- "BG Greer, PhD" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Truth be told, we are all mixed. Spastic,
> athetoid and ataxia depends on
> which pathological reflexes are still present.
> Most of these reflexes should
> disappear as we past certain developmental
> milestones, but with the initial
> motor damage, some of them persist.
>
> Bobby
>
> >CP is so varied, it's hard to classify
> sometimes.  For example, I've been
> >diagnosed both as a spastic paraplegic and a
> spastic diplegic, although
> >the majority of my doctors have gone with the
> spastic paraplegia category.
> > I suupose it's where most of the CP is
> located that's the final clue.


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