Q1 -- The typical child, as motor development progresses, is able to lift her/his head against gravity and the head appears stable. How does a child with cerebral palsy differ in her/his motor development?

B In prone position, the child appears bound by gravity and/or is given to neck hyperextention.

Differences in motor development are due to physical insult to the brain that occurred pre- para- or post-natally.

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