Despite modern high-throughput sequencing, the genetic cause of most rare movement disorders remains unclear. A research team in Bochum and Tübingen has now solved one piece of the puzzle: The ...

Infants and toddlers with unilateral cerebral palsy, which affects the brain's control of muscles on one side of the body, show lasting improvements in hand and arm function when they receive early, ...

For many families, age 18 is a milestone marked by graduation plans, new independence, and legal adulthood. For families raising a child with cerebral palsy, it can also signal a shift in services.

Cerebral palsy is the most common motor disability in childhood, yet public understanding of the condition remains limited. National health data consistently shows that cerebral palsy affects ...

What Is Ataxic Cerebral Palsy? Cerebral palsy (CP) affects muscle movement and control. People with cerebral palsy have it for life. Ataxic (ah-TAK-sik) CP is one type of cerebral palsy. Kids with ...

Cerebral palsy is the most common lifelong physical disability, affecting an estimated 18 million people worldwide. Our recent research at the University of Surrey shows that misconceptions about ...

Chelsea Mobbs is a university physiotherapy lecturer at UniSQ and co-owns a private paediatric allied health practice. She has previously received grant funding for her PhD research from the ...

British comedian Rosie Jones, in a recent social media post, shared how she and her stand-up comic pal Lee Peart were attacked by a plastic wine bottle, in an "ableist and homophobic" assault on a UK ...