
Phone: 212 520 1686
Email: info@yourcpf.org
KEY FACTS

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ASSOCIATED
IMPAIRMENTS - GLOBALLY,
OVER 17 MILLION
PEOPLE HAVE
CEREBRAL PALSY - 1 IN 500 BABIES IS
DIAGNOSED WITH
CEREBRAL PALSY - 1 IN 2 PEOPLE WITH
CEREBRAL PALSY LIVE
IN CHRONIC PAIN - 1 IN 3 CANNOT WALK
- 1 IN 5 CANNOT TALK
- 1 IN 10 HAS A SEVERE
VISION IMPAIRMENT - OF ALL CHILDREN WITH
CEREBRAL PALSY,
60% ARE BORN AT TERM - CURRENTLY, THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE
WITH CEREBRAL
PALSY IS EXPECTED
TO INCREASE
KEY FACTS
- CEREBRAL PALSY IS A PHYSICAL DISABILITY THAT AFFECTS MOVEMENT AND POSTURE
- IN MOST CASES, BRAIN INJURY LEADING TO CEREBRAL PALSY OCCURS DURING PREGNANCY
- CEREBRAL PALSY, EXCEPT IN ITS MILDEST FORMS, CAN BE EVIDENT IN THE FIRST 12–18 MONTHS
- CHILDREN WITH CP ARE LIKELY TO ALSO HAVE OTHER IMPAIRMENTS IN ADDITION TO THEIR MOTOR DISABILITY
- MOTOR DISABILITY CAN RANGE FROM MINIMAL TO PROFOUND
- THE RATE OF DEPRESSION IS THREE TO FOUR TIMES HIGHER IN PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES SUCH AS CP
- CP IS A CONDITION THAT IS PERMANENT, BUT NOT UNCHANGING
- IT IS THE MOST COMMON PHYSICAL DISABILITY IN CHILDHOOD
- THERE IS NO KNOWN CURE