thanks, i'll look at all this. i may be able to clasify myself. -----Original Message----- From: Yvonne Craig [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 12:42 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: A new aging survey for the list <<Ken wrote: well guys i must admit that i am ignorant of how to classify myself. i = have some dydtonia and spasms in all my limbs, but much worse on the left sid. that don't mean that i do not spasm in he right as i have had spasams in = my right arm and throw coffee staight up. while my left leg is worse than the right i have spasmed enough in both ehouth to pull joints out . the arms = is worse than the legs with the left arm being worse of all 4 limbs. then i have speech slur and dystonic neck. hey even my left eyebrow is pulled to = a different level than my right. so how am i classified?>> Wow, Ken! You sound a lot like Anthony. He doesn't have the dystonia but = is spastic in all 4 limbs. His arms are more affected than his legs. His = left arm is most affected. Of his legs his right one is worse. He is = classified as moderate spastic quadreplegia but that doesn't really fit... = Typically, in addition to all 4 limbs being affected, quad CP affects the = trunk and head control - his are quite good compared to how affected his = limbs are. Also, quad usually presents with legs more affected than arms. = Hemiplegia which is one-side usually means the arm is more affected than = leg on that side. So I think of Anthony more as double hemi. Does that = make sense? Also may explain why his speech is as good as it is - with the = degree of spasticity in his arms, if he was typically quad, his mouth/ = jaw/ head should be much more affected and interfere more with his = speech.=20 Bobby, you may want to include tri-plegia as a chategory as well.=20 This website has a good overview of "types" of CP: http://www.ofcp.on.ca/aboutcp.html#Z5 As an alternative to this classification system, you might check out the = following. It is a new functional assessment which can be applied to all = forms of CP, regardless of "type." Anthony is most likely a level IV on = this scale but on the border of level III. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Village/9021/articles/gmfm.html Also, I found this article on the Ontario Federation for CP website as = well: http://www.ofcp.on.ca/aging.html=20 This is very exciting what you guys are trying to do. Good luck with it! I = look forward to reading the results. Yvonne