Cerebral Palsy is a disabling disorder of the brain's motor centers. Whereas most people can will their bodies to move in the myriad ways that allow them to throw a ball or jump rope, people with cerebral palsy are unable to control their movements.

Cerebral palsy results from damage to the brain's motor centers, and depending on the degree of damage, the disability a person experiences may range from minor to incapacitating.

What Type of Condition Is Cerebral Palsy"

Cerebral palsy is what doctors call an incurable static, or unchanging, disorder. What this means is that, unlike many diseases, once people develop cerebral palsy, they have it for the rest of their lives. Furthermore, their movement impairments will neither worsen nor improve. A young man with cerebral palsy explains what it is like to have a static disorder that has...