New York Cerebral Palsy Attorneys

Cerebral Palsy Symptoms

Wingate, Russotti & Shapiro is a New York personal injury law firm that protects the rights of their clients who have suffered from personal injuries, including Cerebral Palsy, birth injuries, and medical malpractice. The firm has recovered millions of dollars on behalf of seriously injured clients. If your child has Cerebral Palsy as the result of a birth injury, please call a New York Cerebral Palsy lawyer at Wingate, Russotti & Shapiro today to discuss your case.

There are many symptoms that appear when a person has Cerebral Palsy. These symptoms greatly vary depending upon how much brain damage occurred and what type of Cerebral Palsy an individual has. Keep in mind that some people with Cerebral Palsy may not necessarily have all of these symptoms. Each person’s body reacts differently to the condition; some individuals have severe forms of the symptoms while other people may appear to have very slight forms of the symptoms. Many children who have Cerebral Palsy are diagnosed during infancy, typically before the age of three.

The following is a list of some of the numerous indicators that a person may have a form of Cerebral Palsy:

• bladder problems
• developmental delays (motor skills)-crawling, walking, sitting
• difficulty swallowing
• drooling
• epilepsy or other types of seizures
• hearing impairment
• involuntary movement of the limbs
• lack of head control
• learning disabilities
• little control of bowel movements
• muscles are too loose and unable to be controlled
• peg teeth
• poor perception
• problems behaving appropriately
• problems breathing
• scares easily
• speech difficulties
• stiff muscles
• strange posture
• uses one hand more than the other
• visual impairment

If your child has been the victim of a birth injury that resulted in Cerebral Palsy, please contact the New York cerebral palsy lawyers at Wingate, Russotti & Shapiro.