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Deficit hyperactivity
Hyperactive
Disorder
Cerebral Cerebral palsy.- group of disorders that affect a person's ability to
palsy move and to maintain balance and posture. The disorders appear in
the first few years of life

Epilepsy A common chronic neurological disorder characterized by recurrent
unprovoked seizures.
Paralysis Hemiplegia, paraplegia, quadriplegia
Hydrocephalus Build up of fluid in the brain
Cerebral Vascular Accident.- Commonly called strokes. CVAs occur
when blood circulation to a brain is blocked, as by a blood clot or a
ruptured blood vessel.

Aphasias.- Are a common result of damage to the left cerebral
hemisphere. Aphasia can be motor which involves damage to the
Broca’s area and sensory in which a person loses the ability to
understand written or spoken language.

Subdural hematoma.- collection of blood on the surface of the brain. Acute
subdural hematomas are among the deadliest of all head injuries. The bleeding
fills the brain area very rapidly, compressing brain tissue

Contusion- A bruise, also called a contusion or is sometimes
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referred by doctors as ecchymosis, is an injury to biological tissue
in which the capillaries are damaged, allowing blood to seep into the
surrounding tissue