For people with little or no speech, literacy is a critical skill that opens up much more of the world, according to Jessica Caron, associate professor of communication sciences and disorders at Penn ...

For people with little or no speech, literacy is a critical skill that opens up much more of the world, according to Jessica ...

These techniques include: AAC has many benefits that depend on the specific needs of the user. For example, someone with cerebral palsy will benefit differently than someone with autism.

Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of disorders that affect balance, movement, and muscle tone. “Cerebral” means the disorder is related to your brain, and “palsy” refers to weakness or a ...

Cerebral palsy should be reframed as “the most common lifelong physical disability,” instead of a childhood disorder, a professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation argues in a recent ...

Pain and symptom management are important parts of caring for adults living with cerebral palsy. However, these patients are often treated with medications that may not align with the underlying ...

He has cerebral palsy and requires lifelong care. He can neither speak nor walk and is fed via a tube attached to his stomach. As a baby, he was abandoned by his parents but 10 years ago ...