Cerebral Palsy (CP) is the most
common cause of severe motor disability in children. It is an umbrella term for
a group of disorders that can be defined as non-progressive and characterized
by muscular impairments. A child with Cerebral Palsy will have accompanied
problems with sensation, perception, cognition, communication, and behavior.
People, especially children, who have cerebral palsy can experience abnormal sensation and
perception. Some children with cerebral palsy have an impaired ability to feel
simple sensations like touch and pain. They may also have difficulty perceiving
and identifying objects using their sense of touch. For example, if you placed
something in their hands, without looking, it would be almost impossible for
them to distinguish what it is.
Visual perception can also be
effected. When a child with CP has a visual processing deficit, it means that
they have a hard time finding the words for objects they are viewing. Sometimes
if they are asked to go get an object, they might look right at it and then say
they can't find it. This is because they are seeing it, but their brains are
not processing what they are looking at.
Reed, Vicki A. (2012). An Introduction to Children with
Language Disorders. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.
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