Ataxic cerebral palsy affects around 5-10% of children with Cerebral Palsy. In essence, Ataxic Cerebral Palsy means low muscle tone. Since Ataxic Cerebral Palsy is distinguished by low muscle tone, poor coordination results that causes one’s limbs to look loose and floppy.

In a child with Cerebral Palsy and the type being Ataxic, damage to the spinal cord and cerebellum causes problems with a child’s ability to balance resulting in unsteady movements. Children and individuals with Ataxic Cerebral Palsy will walk with a wide based gait meaning they tend to walk with their feet placed very far apart.

Uncontrollable motor skills become very noticeable when a child with Cerebral Ataxic Palsy tries to reach for an object, turns a page in a book, writes a sentence, or tries to use scissors.

When a child that has Ataxic Cerebral Palsy reaches for an object, they will experience some difficultly in reaching for that object. As they reach out, trembling occurs and gets worse the closer the child gets to that object.

A more in depth look at Ataxic Cerebral Palsy finds that Ataxic or Ataxia means poor coordination. Ataxic Gait or Cerebeller Gait is a term used to describe how someone walks. A person with Ataxic Cerebral Palsy walks with an Ataxic Gait meaning they walk with their feet far apart and in a unsteady, staggering way making sharp movements more difficult.

If you feel or want to find out if your child’s Ataxic Cerebral Palsy condition could have been prevented and was a result of medical malpractice, negligence, misdiagnosis, or not diagnosed at all, you have the legal right to inquire and contact an Ataxic Cerebral Palsy Lawyer.

At The Rasansky Law Firm, an experienced Ataxic Cerebral Palsy Lawyer will passionately and diligently try to prove doctors, nurses, medical staff, and medical facilities were negligent in their duty as medical professionals to prevent conditions such as Ataxic Cerebral Palsy.

When doctors, nurses, staff, and medical facilities fall below the minimum standard of skill and care to which their profession demands, medical malpractice and negligence is more often that not an unfortunately but likely result, however at The Rasansky Law Firm, your Ataxic Cerebral Palsy Lawyer will question why these healthcare professionals failed to do every thing possible to prevent your child’s Ataxic Cerebral Palsy.

Any Ataxic Cerebral Palsy Lawyer will cautiously study the medical records of the child with Ataxic Cerebral Palsy, however, at The Rasansky Law Firm, you will find that your Ataxic Cerebral Palsy Lawyer will go above and beyond by consulting with Board Certified Obstetrician Gynecologists, Maternal Fetal Specialists, Neonatologists, and Pediatric Neurologists in hopes of determining that your child’s Ataxic Cerebral Palsy, should have been prevented.

You and your child with Ataxic Cerebral Palsy need an Ataxic Cerebral Palsy Lawyer that finds answers to the necessary questions and will fight for your legal rights no matter the magnitude of the case. A Ataxic Cerebral Palsy Lawyer will have the reputation and the resources that you need in bringing a medical malpractice Ataxic Cerebral Palsy lawsuit against everyone that acted negligently during your child with Ataxic Cerebral Palsy’s birth.

When a birth injury such as Ataxic Cerebral Palsy occurs, you need an Ataxic Cerebral Palsy Lawyer experienced in bringing birth injury and Ataxic Cerebral Palsy Lawsuits against negligent doctors. Sometimes experience is not enough, you not only need an experienced Ataxic Cerebral Palsy Lawyer, but one that has successfully proven that they get results.

Once again, when a child has Cerebral Palsy, it is your right to explore your legal options to answer all those what if questions. Contact our Ataxic Cerebral Palsy Lawyer immediately. Our Ataxic Cerebral Palsy Law Staff is here to help you every step of the way. Please use our quick and easy contact form to contact an Ataxic Cerebral Palsy Lawyer or call us at Toll Free 1-800-ATTORNEY today.