The experiences of a cerebral palsied individual in meeting the challenges of education and employment are narrated. Self-acceptance and an ability to understand people are two important factors which were found to assist the handicapped individual to overcome social pressures. (EC)

The parent of a cerebral palsied child with spastic quadriplegia relates the process of arriving at the decision to utilize tube feeding via a surgically placed gastrostomy. (DB)

Results of the study involving 16 quadriplegic children (9 months-12 years old) indicated that early cognitive milestones can be achieved by children severely physically disabled since birth and that general intellectual level may be more important than severity of the motor handicap in determining such achievement. (Author/CL)

The exciting potential of Logo to free trapped intelligence in handicapped learners has been the subject of several years of research by the MIT Logo group. Uses of Logo with an autistic child and with a cerebral palsied child are discussed. (JN)

A 15-year-old with cerebral palsy who has experienced adjustment problems in a regular high school comes to talk with a counselor, as do her mother and father. The counselor notes the normal adolescent challenges and suggests ways the whole family can learn to communicate and support each other. (CL)

A specially adapted microcomputer has enabled a 15-year-old severely disabled girl with cerebral palsy to participate in a mainstreamed seventh-grade class. Her parents insisted that her individualized education program specify access to an in-school computer. (CL)

A man with cerebral palsy recounts his experiences as a young child and notes the frustrations in not being able to communicate other than by indicating "yes" or "no." He used a headpointer, typewriter, and communication board before finally experiencing the freedom of an electronic communication system with speech output. (CL)

Discussed by a man with cerebral palsy complicated by deafness is his personal perspective on the multiple disability, the education of deaf and cerebral palsied children, and independent living skills in the deaf cerebral palsied adolescent and adult. (DB)

The study compared training in two language systems for three severely handicapped, cerebral palsied, nonvocal adolescents: the Bliss symbol system and an iconic picture system. Results showed that students learned iconic symbols faster, maintained higher percentage of iconic pictures, gave more correct responses during generalization probes for…

Describes an individualized music program designed for a nonverbal, 18-year-old girl with cerebral palsy. A music consultant assisted the special education teacher in planning music activities and adapting music-making methods to the student's level of speech and motor-skill development. The student's interest and participation in music activities…

A psychotherapist with cerebral palsy recounts her own experience and the need of disabled persons to view their sexuality with openness and acceptance, develop a desirable body image, and reject the mystique of the idealized vision of sexuality. (DB)