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[ skip navigation ] health system home patients & families for health answers healthcare professionals education & research for employees site index a-z advanced search health system searchhappen while the baby is still in the mother's womb (before birth). the injury might be caused by an infection or by an accident in which the mother is hurt. if a mother has a medical problem such asis described as ataxic (a-tax-ick) cp. kids with ataxic cp look very unsteady and shaky. they have alot of shakiness, like a tremor you might have seen in a very old person, especially when they aresevere in their legs than in their arms. this is called diplegia. di means two, so in diplegia only the two lower limbs are affected. as you probably can guess, the difficulty for children with"family matters". if not enough air comes through your nose you sound hyponasal (hypo means not enough), like when you have a bad cold and can't breathe through your nose. if you meet someone with cpe who do not have cp. what type of therapy is available for cp?children with cp often go to different kinds of therapy to help them improve their motor skills for things like walking, talking ando work on art or horticulture (growing and taking care of plants) or almost any other hobby they are interested in. meet kelly: growing up with cerebral palsy my name is kelly and i am eighteen years
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