There are actually four different types of cerebral palsy and they are Spastic, Dyskinetic, Ataxic, and Mixed. With Spastic being the most familiar type, it only affects parts of the body, while ataxic is the more rare type of the disorder affects the body as a whole. Since spastic cerebral palsy affects different parts of the body there are also different kinds such as spastic diplegia, which mainly affects the legs. Then there is spastic hemiplegia it affects just one side of the body left or right. Finally spastic quadriplegia it affects both arms and legs, and the face. "People that are diagnosed with spastic quadriplegia are rarely able to walk and seizures can be frequent and hard to control" (Research", …show more content…
However, if the cp is very severe with complications such as seizures, vision problems, restricted mobility and how many disabilities the person has and the severity of those disabilities (Mandal, 2012). It all comes down to if they are receiving the right care nd in the right time frame for it to have the most benefits for the patient. Although most people with cerebral palsy can live pretty normal, long lives, there are a few with more complications that dwindle down te chances of them living long or without tremendous amount of supervision and around the clock care, because they are unable to move on their own without powered wheelchairs or medical devices of some kind involved. These patients have basically no independence for themselves and they become hopeless unwilling to fight anymore. Therefore, their quality of life is poorer, and they have a shortened total life