ABSTRACT
Cerebral palsy is a persistent but not unchanging disorder of movement and posture due to a defect or lesion of the developing brain. The prevalence is about 2.0 to 2.5 per 1000 live births. The majority of children with cerebral palsy live to adulthood and so cerebral palsy must be regarded as a condition with which people live rather than a condition from which they die’. Individuals may begin to experience the effects of ageing in their early thirties. Clinical management of adults with cerebral palsy may be complicated by the persons inability to communicate with the doctor, resulting in an inaccurate or incomplete health history. Consequently, it is impor tant to evaluate each person as an individual and to encourage patients and their support persons to maintain accurate health records.
