Cerebral Palsy maybe/maybe not

How about... ...those microscopic thingies, living in pond water, with those tentacle looking fingers? Them too. Think Darwin. It wastes energy to have vague functional communication at any biologic scale. ENERGY !!! Tight communication pushes the mechanisms of communication ( & control) right to the quantum energy mechanical limits. It is THAT tight. Human walking is insanely energy efficient. Maintaining energy conservation is a goal of many key functions. Waste not, want not.

The way to useful answers is asking the right questions.

Bottom up. Start in the dirt.

Go read ‘Mud’. We will wait for you, here.Let’s start our discussion of cerebral palsy with one really important recognition. Now this varies from place to place, but, about 30% (easily) of patients seen in ‘CP’ clinics – do not have cerebral palsy as is defined by the books and medical articles and diagnostic codes.

Oh, and this:

About 30% (varies a lot) of patients who are treated in cerebral palsy clinics do not have cerebral palsy.

We have to stay planted in reality. This is a very practical thing. You just can’t have a separate place to go for every diagnosis. Patients in cp clinics have cp or wink wink cp . When ‘other’ or ‘unknown’ is used as a diagnosis, it is hell on earth and massively costly for getting obvious needs approved and paid for. Even though diagnostically different, they often require many of the same needs and interventions.