go hand in hand? My 38 year old sister has CP and has been in a mental institution her whole life. I assumed that Mental Retardation was a component of CP. After reading the posts of some of the CP posters, I guess I assumed wrong.
Is it not common to have mental challenges if you also have CP? Does having CP increase the likelihood of mental challenges? Thanks for your reply.
I personally think you need to do some research. My daughter is 6 years old and has CP and she is very smart. She is in the first grade at school and does very well. She has always been ahead of her age level when it somes to academic work. I know a lot of people that think CP and mental retardation go together and it just burns me up inside. Yes my daughter is physically handicapped but she is not mentally handicapped. She gets around very well and can talk well and can run and play with the rest of the kids at school. Sorry if I sound mean but it just bothers me when people consider people with cp as also being mentally challenged, not all of them are.
no, i have CP pretty badly, and i am not Mentally Retarded. i always attended mainstream classes in my local public school, except for gym, was Valedictorian of my classs, and attended college where i took honors classes and was on the Deans list.
Does CP and Mental Retardation not 
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