Category Archives: Cerebral Palsy
Choosing a Positive Caregiver is Vital for Children with Cerebral Palsy
Children with cerebral palsy face a variety of obstacles in their lives. If you are the parent of such a child, you may feel you have very little control over how your child develops. While it may be true that your control is limited, one area where you may have a choice is in who cares for your child. The caregiver for a child with cerebral palsy is probably the most important person in that child’s life. An ideal caregiver can recognize the needs of the child and provide him or her with a loving, positive environment. Sufferers of cerebral palsy may have difficulty expressing their needs, putting them at high risk for unintentional and intentional neglect or even take the form of outright child abuse. Having a child with cerebral palsy can strain a family, both emotionally and financially. You may feel you have no other option than to…
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Microsoft Improves Windows for the Disabled
Microsoft has announced on the company’s blog that it will be updating features on its upcoming Windows 8 operating system to help people with disabilities more easily navigate their computers. Narrator, the built-in screen reader component of Windows, will be redesigned to improve its performance, including faster reading and more available languages and voices. It will also be updating Magnifier, the tool designed to make text and graphics large enough for people with low vision to see by improving its display of high contrast colors. Applications will also be available to use magnifier on a touch-screen device. Discussing the company’s efforts, Microsoft Windows head Steven Sinofsky said, “Windows 8 is a product we design for an incredibly broad spectrum of people around the world. One of the areas where we have worked to deliver an even greater level of innovation is in ensuring that Windows 8, particularly the new Metro…
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Australian Boy Looks to the U.S. for Cerebral Palsy Therapy
The family of an Australian boy with cerebral palsy has almost succeeded in raising the money necessary to pay for revolutionary new cerebral palsy treatments in the United States. If the family succeeds, Blaise Wyatt will spend his third birthday in the U.S. Blaise suffers from spastic quadriplegia, a severe form of cerebral palsy that affects all of his limbs. He cannot talk, sit or stand. Blaise’s parents, Dawn and Cameron, have fundraised and saved $17,000 of the $20,000 needed to pay for the trip and the therapies. They recently launched a Facebook auction to raise the remaining money. The auction will feature 52 items donated from local businesses. If the fundraising is successful, the family will depart on March 31 for Michigan, where Blaise will undergo a variety of therapies. “We’ve got so much planned; I can’t decide whether I’m excited – it’s more hope I suppose,” said Dawn….
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