Spastic hemiplegia is a type of spastic cerebral palsy, where the part of the brain controlling movement is damaged. The condition can affect children before birth, during labor, or in the first ...

So while cerebral palsy is one cause, it’s also caused by other conditions like stroke and traumatic brain injury. In this article, we will focus on spastic hemiplegia due to cerebral palsy.

"For the first year Oliver was just slightly delayed with motor skills," Fulkerson said. "Finally when he was 23 months he was diagnosed with left-side hemiplegia cerebral palsy.

If you need some inspiration, Oliver Fulkerson, a 3-year-old with cerebral palsy, delivers. Oliver, of Millwood, Kentucky, was filmed by his mom giving his all as he practiced walking with a new ...

SDCP is one of three forms of spastic cerebral palsy: spastic hemiplegia, which causes spasticity on one side of the body, usually the arm; spastic quadriplegia, which affects all four limbs, the ...

Natalie Dorsey, a 10-month-old from New Windsor, has spastic hemiplegia cerebral palsy and receives occupational therapy via telehealth from Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore. Spastic ...

A 4-year-old with cerebral palsy in Michigan stole the hearts of countless people recently when her family posted video of her gleefully taking her very first independent steps. With her parents ...

A full marathon, which she ran with her 64-year-old father, was difficult on her left side, which is weakened by cerebral palsy—but she finished. “There were about six people who were after me ...