Comments on: RSS readers and spazzes

By: CerebralP

CerebralP — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 05:25:00 +0000

Here is an interesting summary of the causes of Cerebral Palsy:
Did a medical mistake cause your child’s cerebral palsy? This is a cause for thousands of cases of cerebral palsy, but this is not the only cause possible for this diagnosis. If the answer to this question is yes, then you should look back at the time of your child’s birth, the moment of delivery. Here are some of the errors that could have provoked cerebral palsy:
- the child has stayed too long in birth canal (lack of oxygen for brain);
- prolapsed cord undetected immediately;
- excessive use of vacuum extraction;
- improper use of forceps;
- failure to perform a cesarean section (in the presence of fetal distress);
- untreated or undetected disorders after delivery;
- changes in heart rate during delivery – not eliminated in time;
- failure to plan a C-section;
- mother’s high blood pressure etc.
These are only some of the causes for cerebral palsy at a child’s birth, but improperly treated, undetected meningitis is also a cause for this diagnosis, which may appear later. You can also get more information on cerebral palsy statistics and cerebral palsy treatments by visiting cerebral-palsy-med.com.

Regards,

Michael R.

By: Deanne

Deanne — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 20:53:00 +0000

Hi Sirexkat,

I’m glad my post inspired a long comment/post! I see stuff like this and wonder about it too. The ‘tug at the hearstrings’ approach to fundraising does mean that the messages given by agencies that aim to serve people with disabilities are often mixed or tell only part of the story. For example, do adults with cerebral palsy not need support? When people donate to Guide Dogs and get their little stuffed puppies (so cute!) do they realise they may actually be supporting other services for people who are blind – maybe services that benefit more blind people than guide dogs do? The messages don’t just reach the wider community, they also have an effect on the people the community group or agency hopes to serve. Anyway, I’ve thought quite a bit about this and now *I’ve* written a huge comment! Too roo for now, Dee

By: Gwyn

Gwyn — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 04:25:00 +0000

Hello! Yes, unfortunately I've been in the habit lately of trying to do things while half asleep or distracted by other things, so my new domain has been a HUGE mess. I just sent an email half an hour ago to some people I hope can help, lol.

I'm not entirely sure what to put there yet, although I have some ideas. Mostly things like a blog, lyrics to songs I like, information about places, I dunno, it's a bit of a mess. Today I got inspired though to organise it by making my own ISBN's! Although they wouldn't technically by ISBN's I guess... More like GSWN's (Gwyn's Standard Website Numbers, hehe).

What do you plan on putting on yours? I hope you have more direction than I do =)

P.S. As you can see, I know exactly what you mean about the comments... =P