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CHASA Support Group Website Kids Have Strokes Website Children's Hemiplegia & Stroke Association
Welcome to the Children's Hemiplegia and Stroke Association, CHASA, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, offering support and information to families of infants, children, and young adults who have hemiplegia or hemiplegic cerebral palsy. Hemiplegia in children is due to a number of different causes and includes blood vessel disorders (stroke), infection, trauma, tumors, and other rare causes. The most common cause of hemiplegia in children is infant stroke or childhood stroke.
Childhood Stroke Awareness Day NEW Infant and Childhood Stroke Fact Sheet - revised April 2008 NEW Upcoming 2008 Family Events NEW Video demonstrating how to tie a shoe with limited use of one hand NEW CHASA has established the Megan Chesney Scholarship Fund in honor of Megan Chesney, a delightful teen who has supported CHASA families in many ways over the past seven years. Read more about Megan's efforts to help teens and young adults who have hemiplegia.
NEW Help CHASA Stop
Stroke in Children by donating funds for research. CHASA
Research Awards are presented to institutions or organizations on behalf
of a principal investigator in support of pilot studies in infant or
childhood stroke/hemiplegia research. Online E-mail Support Group for families of children who have mild to moderate hemiplegia, hemiparesis, or hemiplegic cerebral palsy. Several of these families have children who have survived an in utero or childhood stroke. Others have hemiplegia due to brain bleeds, prematurity, genetic causes, or infection. Local Support Groups for families of children who have hemiplegia, hemiparesis, or hemiplegic cerebral palsy. Newly Diagnosed Parent to Parent Support - We will match you with mentor families who have been through and understand those stressful early days experienced by parents after their child receives a diagnosis of hemiplegia or unilateral stroke. Parents can talk with you via email or phone. They cannot provide medical advice. Stroke in an infant or child is one of the major causes of hemiplegia, hemiparesis, or hemiplegic cerebral palsy. Approximately 95% of the families involved with CHASA have a child who is an infant unilateral stroke survivor. To learn more about stroke in infants and children, visit our Kids Have Strokes website. Site Index, located at the bottom of this page, will provide you with links to a variety of information that will help families of children who have hemiplegia deal with the day to day issues which challenge our children. |
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Ongoing Projects of CHASA Online e-mail support group, Hemi-Kids, offers parents a place to discuss concerns. Some of the topics discussed include hemiplegia, hemiplegic cerebral palsy, pediatric stroke, causes of hemiplegia or stroke in infants or children, treatments, physical therapy, occupational therapy, dealing with schools, IEP, learning disabilities, behavioral difficulties, emotional issues. Parents also offer emotional support, ask and answer questions, and provide "shoulders to lean on". They've been there and understand what you're going through. Membership is free and includes access to over 300,000 archived messages with search feature. CHASA website provides over 300 pages of information on topics that are helpful for families of children who have hemiplegia or hemiplegic cerebral palsy. Content is provided by parents of children who have hemiplegia, children and young adults who have hemiplegia, doctors, and therapists. Local support database. We can help you locate other families of children who have hemiplegia in your state or country. We have created databases for families in each state and country so that you can find support closer to home. This is important for doctor and therapist referrals, tips on dealing with the local school system, and allowing their child who has hemiplegia the opportunity to actually meet another child with hemiplegia. At CHASA do not want these children to feel alone, so much of our efforts go to help connect families of children who have hemiplegia. College
Scholarships offered to young adults who currently have
hemiplegia or hemiparesis due to a childhood stroke or other
cause.
Treatments for
hemiplegic cerebral palsy are intended to improve strength
and range of motion, prevent contractures, and increase
function. Physical therapy, occupational
therapy, braces or orthotics,
electrical stimulation, medications, and surgery are some of the treatments received by
children who have hemiplegic cerebral palsy. Children may
also receive speech and language therapy and special
educational
services to help with learning
differences.
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What is hemiplegia or hemiplegic cerebral palsy? Hemiplegia, also known as hemiplegic cerebral palsy when diagnosed in children, is a condition involving paralysis or partial paralysis of one side of the body. In child or infant hemiplegic cerebral palsy, there is damage to part of the brain and this may occur in utero, at birth, or later, as a result of accident, illness or pediatric stroke. Hemiplegia is sometimes known hemiparesis, meaning a partial paralysis of one side of the body. Signs of hemiplegia, hemiparesis, or hemiplegic cerebral palsy may include:
Perinatal arterial ischemic stroke is the most common known cause of cerebral palsy in term and near-term infants. Arterial ischemia occurring during the 3 days surround birth is reported to be responsible for 50% to 70% of congenital hemiplegic cerebral palsy. For infant and childhood stroke information visit the Kids Have Strokes website Information on infant and childhood stroke, including diagnosing stroke in an infant or child, causes of pediatric stroke, childhood stroke facts, how you can help increase awareness of pediatric stroke, and updates on the latest in utero, infant, and childhood stroke research. You'll also find a list of pediatric stroke researchers and a list of infant and childhood stroke clinical trials and studies which need participants. |
Local Support We'll help you locate other families of children who have hemiplegia in your state or country. The HEMI-KIDS EMAIL SUPPORT GROUP is a place where parents can talk with other parents about their questions or concerns regarding their child. Parents are discussing things like how to cope, physical therapy, speech therapy, diagnosis of stroke or hemiplegia, sibling issues, dealing with the school system and much more.
NEW Cerebral palsy after perinatal arterial ischemic stroke NEW Fingertip force control during bimanual object lifting in hemiplegic cerebral palsy Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy and toe-walking Gait strategy of uninvolved limb in children with spastic hemiplegia Analysis of reaching and grasping movements in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy Cerebral Palsy Research Registry
For infant and childhood stroke research news, visit the Kids
Have Strokes website.
These parents
searched for other parents to
talk with about infant hemiplegia and infant stroke.
They couldn't imagine handling all the therapies and medical issues
without the support of other parents. This was the
beginning of the Children's Hemiplegia and Stroke Association
(CHASA). CHASA is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization and is
the result of the part-time volunteer work of two moms of children
who have hemiplegia.
If you would
like support or information, please join our online
support group where you'll find other parents who
understand the issues surrounding a child who has hemiplegia or
childhood stroke.
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The Children's Hemiplegia and
Stroke Association is recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) organization. Tax ID: 75-2831215  Purchase items by clicking on the image above and amazon.com will donate part of the proceeds to CHASA. |
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