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Cerebral palsy affects an individual’s ability to maintain balance, achieve posture and move about smoothly. Symptoms can change over a person’s lifetime and other disabilities may result, such as poor vision and reading. What is the one factor of cerebral palsy that differentiates it from other disabilities?
  1. There is a cure for the disorder.
  2. Individuals live a shorter lifespan.
  3. It does not progress or worsen.
  4. It requires corrective surgery.
Explanation
Answer: C - Cerebral palsy is a brain abnormality that does not progress over time. Symptoms may change, but the disability stays the same. People who suffer from this problem have damage to the part of the brain that controls muscle tone. Often diverse muscles will be affected at different times.
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