After studying infants in Sweden born between 1997 and 2011, researchers from the University of Michigan concluded that being overweight during pregnancy increases the risk of having a child with cerebral palsy. Medical Xpress reports that analysis of the data comprised by the researchers strongly indicated a link between being obese during pregnancy and cerebral palsy. […]
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New phone app screens babies for cerebral palsy at home
Parents of infants who are high risk of developing cerebral palsy now have a way to screen their babies at home for cerebral palsy. A new phone app, created by Royal Women’s Hospital physiotherapist Associate Professor, Alicia Spittle, can help parents screen babies for cerebral palsy. The screening app is currently being tested on hundreds of infants […]
Living with cerebral palsy: Going to college (Part Two)
On the morning of Thursday, November 1, 1984, one day after I registered as a new student at what was then Miami-Dade Community College, my friend Betsy Matteis picked me up in her sporty Saturn. We had several errands to run so I could complete the application process; the first one necessitated a quick trip […]


