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 >