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What are symptoms of a child with mild cerebral palsy?
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Balance, weakness: A child with mild cerebral palsy may just have some problems with balance when walking. They might have some problems with fine motor skills like picking up objects. There may even be subtle vision and speech problems. Some children have some behavioral problems as well.
Answered 5/5/2012
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Clumsiness and stiff: Cerebral palsy is a neurologic disorder related to damage to the motor system of the brain. the most common symptoms are stiffness of muscles, tightness of joints and clumsiness.
Answered 9/25/2016
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