of oxygen or poor flow of blood reaching the fetal or newborn brain (Metzger, 1993). According to the Cerebral Palsy: A multimedia tutorial for children and parents this can be caused by premature separation of the placenta, an awkward birth position, labor that goes on too long or is too abrupt, or interference with the umbilical cord. Other causes may be associated with premature birth or other viral diseases in early pregnancy, and microorganisms that attack the newborn's central nervous system (2003).
             Cerebral palsy is neither progressive nor communicable. It is also not "curable" in the accepted sense, although education, therapy and applied technology can help persons with cerebral palsy lead productive lives. It is not a disease and should never be referred to as such.
             As told by Borowitz, "Scientist have examined thousands of expectant mothers, followed them through childbirth, and monitored their children's early neurological development" (p. 3). Through this study they have found many distinctions or "risk factors" which could give a child a greater chance of having CP. Some of the risk factors include complicated labor and delivery, birth defects, multiple births, seizures in the newborn, and a few other early developmental causes that are not as prevalent (2002).
             Jameson Hilliard described his CP as being a "tightness in my right leg and a lack of fine motor skills in my left hand." However there are different types of cerebral palsy. Cerebral palsy affects everyone in different ways, because it affects people in different ways it is called a condition. This causes one of Jameson's pet peeves, which is "people who r
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