Children With Ataxic Cerebral Palsy

Children who have ataxic cerebral palsy number around 5% of cerebral palsy sufferers making it the least common type.
Ataxic cerebral palsy is onset after damage to the cerebellum shortly before during or following birth and is often diagnosed up to the age of 4 years old.
The part of the brain affected manages co-ordination and body movement.
A child suffering from this type ataxic CP may exhibit near normal learning although it is not uncommon for examples of learning difficulty

No two cases of Ataxic cerebral palsy are exactly the same because the the depth of of the condition can range from mild through to sever.