Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
7 results found in Cerebral Palsy.
- Athetoid (Athetosis, Athetoid Movement)
- A type of involuntary movement characterised by slow, continuous, writhing motions, particularly affecting the hands, fingers, and face. Athetoid movements are commonly associated with athetoid cerebr…
- Athetoid Cerebral Palsy (Dyskinetic Cerebral Palsy, Athetosis)
- A form of cerebral palsy characterized by involuntary, uncontrolled, slow writhing movements, particularly affecting the hands, feet, arms, and legs, and sometimes the muscles of the face and tongue. …
- Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS)
- A standardized five-level classification system used to describe the gross motor function of children with cerebral palsy, based on self-initiated movement with emphasis on sitting, walking, and mobil…
- Spastic Cerebral Palsy (Spastic CP)
- The most common subtype of cerebral palsy, characterised by stiff or tight muscles (hypertonia) and exaggerated reflexes, caused by damage to the motor cortex or corticospinal tracts of the developing…
- Spastic Quadriplegia (Spastic Tetraplegia)
- The most severe subtype of spastic cerebral palsy, characterised by stiff, tight muscles (spasticity) and significantly reduced voluntary movement in all four limbs and often the trunk. People with sp…
- Tetraparesis (Quadriparesis)
- Partial weakness or reduced voluntary movement affecting all four limbs, commonly caused by cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury, or neuromuscular disease. Tetraparesis sits on a spectrum with tetrapleg…
- UAspeech Database (UAspeech, UA-Speech, Universal Access Speech)
- The UAspeech Database is a standardized corpus of dysarthric speech recordings created for research in accessible speech technology. It contains isolated word recordings from speakers with cerebral pa…