World's largest community based organization of and for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. It provides an array of services and support for families and individuals. Devoted to promoting and improving supports and services for all people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Private philanthropy with principal interests in brain science, immunology, and arts education. Charles A. Dana, a New York State legislator, industrialist and philanthropist.
Multi-disciplinary academic unit of the University of Florida. Our work centers on issues of health and health care for children and youth. Faculty at the Institute for Child Health Policy maintain joint appointments in the College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics and Department of Epidemiology and Health Policy Research. Engaged in multiple research and evaluation studies as well as policy and program initiatives throughout the College of Medicine and the Health Sciences Center.
Creates public databases, conducts research in computational biology, develops software tools for analyzing genome data, and disseminates biomedical information - all for the better understanding of molecular processes affecting human health and disease.
Children with Cerebral Palsy often do not grow the same as other children. Children with CP are often shorter and thinner than other children of the same age. We do not know if this is normal, or if there could be a problem with nutrition or hormones, and so we are interested in discovering what is just right for a child with CP. The first step in understanding growth in Cerebral Palsy is to measure a large group of children with CP.
Produces and disseminates policy-relevant statistical information on the demographics and status of people with disabilities in American society. The Center's work focuses on how that status is changing over time with regard to employment, access to technology, health care, community-based services, and other aspects of independent living and participation in society.
Informational clearinghouse for use by those concerned with finding and evaluating methodologies and treatment for brain-injured children. It is based on the belief that the brain along with the body as a whole is an ever-changing, dynamic, active organ striving for adaptation and capable of healing.
Chico, CA hyperbaric treatment center. The Chico Hyperbaric Center began as an idea to use hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy to dramatically improve the quality of life of those around us who are suffering from disease.
Some Notes on Cranial Manipulation -- Cranial osteopathy -- also known as craniosacral therapy -- was developed by William G. Sutherland, DO, who published the first article on this subject in the early 1930s. Cranio refers to the head, sacral to the base of the spine. The "craniosacral system" encloses the spinal cord, cerebrospinal fluid, meninges, and bones of the skull and spine.
CRANIAL SACRAL THERAPY (CST) is a potent tool using the functions of the Cranial Sacral system. It is an effective form of bodywork and of Neuromuscular Therapy which uses gentle movements to unlock tension and relieve pain. There are no rapid adjustments, painful contortions, or deep muscle probing.
Global community that integrates information, resources, and communication opportunities on the Internet for persons with cognitive and other disabilities, for their families, and for those that provide them services and support.
Conductive Education (CE) teaches children and adults with physical disabilities such as Cerebral Palsy, dyspraxia, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's, stroke and head injury how to overcome their movement difficulties
Not for profit organization that provides dolphin assisted therapy to children with critical illnesses, disabilities and special needs from all over the world.
The Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Johns Hopkins is pleased to present this online guide to our patient care, research and medical education programs.
The Canadian MEDEK Center and Physiotherapy Clinicis a specialized clinic providing physical therapy services for children with movement disorders. We believe that independent mobility is the key to a life of quality, and that mobility act as the vehicle for a child's cognitive, emotional and social development.
Registered school and provides an education for children who have Cerebral Palsy. The school uses Teachers/Conductors and this educational method now delivers both the individual physical and academic needs of the pupils.