Hi, I'm doing a project / presentation on Cerebral Palsy as a part of my
degree,  I was just wondering if anyone out here could put me on to some goood
sources of information, particularly related to the development of the brain
and brain function in C.P.  I have been having difficulty finding any
reasonably good pictures which I could use (I'm doing a poster too), so help
with that would be great.  Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Ashley Burton

P.S. Please reply to Ashley.Bur...@student.shu.ac.uk

Ashley

I agree with Melissa.  This board is probably not the place for your
"technical" research.  Have you tried some of the medical search engines
such as Medline or Mediline, nor sure which it is, i or no i.  As Melissa
said, make a friend of someone with CP, they are the best research tool of
all.  And remember we are all the same inside.

If you want to talk in general e-mail me.

David

Hi,
A few "places" come to mind on this .... how about volunterring at your local
UCP , joining in a Big Brother or Sister's program, volunterring to help with
"building" ramps and such .... I don't know that you'd "find" a particular
friend but I do think that you'd become a friend if that's what you really
wanted to ..... Good luck and best wishes ... from an Elf in Tn...Romona
 http://members.aol.com/elf808/index.html   <---newbie webpage but it's in
color <G>
Elf wife to Tony (my hero), and mom to Tori (age 9, nda), Zach (age 7,
multichallenged), Cory (age5, multichallenged). The boys have no definative Dx
but several labels... nystagmus, strubismus, Dystonia, Parkinsonism, Asthma,
Execma, Hypotonia, Spasticity....ect  Collectively the Dystonia/Parkinsonism
effects the boys from eyes to toes and progressing steadily. Currently Cory &
Zach are taking Sinemet, Lodosyn and Cory is taking Gabapectin and just started
on a trial period of Lecithin. He's also had 4 rounds of Botox, uses a walker
or WC for mobility
Moderator for the Dystkids List(ette) for kids who have Dystonia or
familymembers with Movement disorders.

Hi Celebok,

The best way to meet people with CP or other disabilities is to volunteer at
programs that serve people with disabilities. Or work at agency that do cares
for the disabled.

If you want to volunteer and work with CP. Here the address for United
Cerebral Palsy Association:       http://WWW.UCPA.ORG/

They could  point you in the direction. I know they have one in MN.

Melissa

Okay, that brings up my question:  How does one go about finding a
person with CP and then making friends with them?  (I'm not working on a
project or anything like Ashley; I'm asking just because I'm curious.)

--Cmdr. Celebok

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