WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK OMG EWW
So I know Wikipedia can be edited by anyone and therefore stupid shit makes it through sometimes.
However, I'm at a loss as to how to even deal with this, here. I'd edit it myself but my mind is just... no longer working, I'm so angry.
Individuals with spastic diplegia are very tight and stiff and must work very hard to successfully resist and "push through" the extra tightness they perpetually experience. Other than this, though, these CP-affected individuals are almost always normal in every significant clinical sense; they only have their walking to deal with as a frustration and/or setback in life. When they are younger, spastic diplegic individuals typically undergo gait analysis so that their clinicians can determine the best assistive devices for them, if any are necessary, such as a walker or crutches. The main difference between spastic diplegia and a normal gait pattern is its signature "Scissor gait" - a style that some able-bodied people might tend to confuse with the effects of drunkenness, multiple sclerosis or another nerve disease. The degree of spasticity in spastic diplegia (and, for that matter, other types of spastic CP) varies widely from person to person. No two people with spastic diplegia are exactly alike. Balance problems and/or stiffness in gait can range from barely noticeable all the way to misalignments so pronounced that the person needs crutches or cane to assist in ambulation. Less often, spasticity is severe enough to compel the person to use a wheelchair; in general, however, lower-extremity spasticity in spastic diplegia is rarely so great as to totally prevent ambulation - most people with the condition can walk.
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Wow.
Wow.
I'm just... "only my walking" is a "setback in life"?
And I've said it before and I'll say it again: what the Hell is with people who have never used chairs a damn day in their lives deciding how awful it is or isn't to not walk, anyway?!
Dear whoever wrote that shit: go fuck yourself sideways.
However, I'm at a loss as to how to even deal with this, here. I'd edit it myself but my mind is just... no longer working, I'm so angry.
Individuals with spastic diplegia are very tight and stiff and must work very hard to successfully resist and "push through" the extra tightness they perpetually experience. Other than this, though, these CP-affected individuals are almost always normal in every significant clinical sense; they only have their walking to deal with as a frustration and/or setback in life. When they are younger, spastic diplegic individuals typically undergo gait analysis so that their clinicians can determine the best assistive devices for them, if any are necessary, such as a walker or crutches. The main difference between spastic diplegia and a normal gait pattern is its signature "Scissor gait" - a style that some able-bodied people might tend to confuse with the effects of drunkenness, multiple sclerosis or another nerve disease. The degree of spasticity in spastic diplegia (and, for that matter, other types of spastic CP) varies widely from person to person. No two people with spastic diplegia are exactly alike. Balance problems and/or stiffness in gait can range from barely noticeable all the way to misalignments so pronounced that the person needs crutches or cane to assist in ambulation. Less often, spasticity is severe enough to compel the person to use a wheelchair; in general, however, lower-extremity spasticity in spastic diplegia is rarely so great as to totally prevent ambulation - most people with the condition can walk.
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Wow.
Wow.
I'm just... "only my walking" is a "setback in life"?
And I've said it before and I'll say it again: what the Hell is with people who have never used chairs a damn day in their lives deciding how awful it is or isn't to not walk, anyway?!
Dear whoever wrote that shit: go fuck yourself sideways.