TY - BOOK ID - 107398937 TI - Cerebral Palsy AU - Miller, Freeman AU - SpringerLink (Online service) PY - 2005 SN - 9780387271248 PB - New York NY Springer New York DB - UniCat KW - Social policy and particular groups KW - Physiotherapy. Alternative treatments KW - Paediatrics KW - Orthopaedics. Traumatology. Plastic surgery KW - farmacologie KW - pediatrie KW - revalidatie KW - orthopedie KW - rehabilitatie KW - sociale integratie UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:107398937 AB - Cerebral palsy is a lifelong condition that affects the individual, family, and immediate community. Therefore, the goal of allowing the individual with cerebral palsy to live life with the least impact of the disability requires c- plex attention to the individual and the family. Furthermore, society needs to be sensitive and to accommodate individuals with disabilities by limiting architectural impediments and providing accessible public transportation and communication. The educational system provides the key means for helping the individual prepare to function in society to his or her maximum ability. In many ways, the medical care system probably has the least sign- icant role in preparing the child with cerebral palsy to function optimally in society. However, the medical care system is the place where parents first learn that their child has developmental issues outside the expected norm. It is almost universally the place where parents also expect the child to be made normal in our modern society. In earlier times, the parents would expect healing to possibly come from the doctor, but also they would place hope for healing in religion. As this belief in spiritual or miraculous healing has - creased, a significant font of hope has decreased for parents of young ch- dren with disabilities. ER -