Cerebral Palsy

Preliminary Work

• United Cerebral Palsy is a leading organization for families who have a member with CP. There are groups
  • throughout the world, including Western Australia || Eastern India || South Africa
  • and the USA--see UCP's map of affiliates--including the midsouth || Dallas || northwest Florida || Essex and West Hudson, New Jersey || Oklahoma
• The American Academy of Neurology
• Homepage for the American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine
• The Children's Medical Center at the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center has many relevant resources, including these:
  • A multi-media tutorial on cerebral palsy
  • Pages by Richard D. Stevenson & Carmen D. Booker on assessment of growth in children with cerebral palsy
  • Projects on gait from the Gait Lab
• Information about CP from the Mayo Clinic, including articles providing an overview of prevention and prediction of CP, a discussion of risk for CP and prenatal infections, and a brief Q&A on treatment.
• The Alfred I. DuPont Institute at the University of Deleware
• DoctorNet has an extensive list of resources on CP
• A page in the Healthtouch site provides print information about some additional resources for CP
• At a site called "Origins of Cerebral Palsy" one can find an extensive list of resources on topics well beyond those implied by the site's name.
• Mark Fredrickson's site providing information about spasticity and his medical practice, in general.
• Sheldon Zisook's site, Cerebral Palsy - Ask the Doctor, provides extensive resources, with a slant toward legal concerns (sponsored by a medical malpractice firm).
• Cerebral Palsy FYI, a commercial site sponsored by a firm specializing in medical malapractice, provides a wide range of information.