Cerebral Palsy Awareness

Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of permanent movement disorders that appear in early childhood.^[1] Signs and symptoms vary among people and over time.^[1][3] Often, symptoms include poor coordination, stiff muscles, weak muscles, and tremors.^[1] There may be problems with sensation, vision, hearing, swallowing, and speaking.^[1] Often, babies with cerebral palsy do not roll over, sit, crawl or walk as early as other children of their age.^[1] Other symptoms include seizures and problems with thinking or reasoning, which each occur in about one third of people with CP.^[1] While symptoms may get more noticeable over the first few years of life, underlying problems do not worsen over time.