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Cerebral Palsy - Hōkai Nukurangi Fa'amatalaga mo pepe | 3 CEREBRAL PALSY Nau mai, haere mai, ma Afio mai. Fa‘amālō, e ‘aulelei le fanau ‘ua fa‘aopoopo i nai o tou ‘āiga. ‘O lenei alagā‘oa e mo ‘āiga ‘olo‘o sa‘ilia fa‘amatalaga ma alagā‘oa tau le soifua mālōlōina mo lana tama e uiga i le feagai ai ma le Cerebral Palsy i totonu o Aotearoa Niu Sila. ‘Afai e le‘i leva ona fa‘amautinoa le maua o lau tama i le cerebral palsy, ‘ua sāunia lenei kete e fa‘ailoa atu ai nisi o alagā‘oa tau le soifua mālōlōina ma auaunaga ‘olo‘o avanoa e fesoasoani ai iā te oe ma lau tama mo le ola manuia. ‘O le CP e ‘ese‘ese a‘afiaga i fānau ma e ono ‘ese a lātou ola tuputupu a‘e ma le tuputupu a‘e sa e fuafuaina. Mo le tele o tagata, o le tele o ‘upu fa‘a-fōma‘i ‘ole‘ā ‘āmata ona e fa‘alogo i ai e fa‘atatau i le CP e pei e fou – ‘o le agaga lava o lenei tusi ‘ina ‘ia maua ai se fesoasoani mo ‘oe i lea vāega. Mata‘itū pea lau va‘ai i mea e mafai e lau tama ona fai. E ‘ese‘ese ‘uma tamaiti ma ‘o le tele ia o Afio mai la‘asaga tāua e mafai ona lua ‘āusia fa‘atasi. E te lua ono feagai ma lagona ‘ese‘ese, ‘o lona uiga ia māfana le lua mafutaga ma va‘ai lelei lou ‘āiga. Fa‘alauiloa tāua ‘O lenei alagā‘oa o se taunu‘uga o galuega sa fa‘atino e le CaPTuRE project sā su‘esu‘ea le ola māsani o ‘āiga sā fa‘amautinoa ‘auga o le CP i totonu o Aotearoa Niu Sila. Whānau ‘āiga ‘olo‘o iai le poto māsani i le CP ‘ua lātou fa‘ailo ni vāega tau-faigatā ma fa‘atinoga e ono aogā mo isi 1 . Fa‘afetai i le Starship Foundation ma le Athlae Lyon Starship Research Trust mo le fesoasoani tupe, ma le fesoasoani tupe faaopoopo sa ‘aumai e le Cerebral Palsy Society mai le Sutherland Self Help Trust ma le Trillian Trust e fa‘atinoina ai lenei taumafaiga, le fa‘aliliuga ma le faalauiloa i ‘āiga. E momoli le fa‘afetai ‘iā i lātou ‘uma sa iai le sao i lenei galuega, e aofia ai whanau / ‘āiga ma tagata ‘olo‘o feagai ma le CP; ‘o le Cerebral Palsy Society of New Zealand ma le ‘aufaigaluega o tausi soifua mālōlōina i le atu Aoteaora Niu Sila. 1. Williams SA, Nakarada-Kordic I, Mackey AH, Reay S, Stott NS. Prioritized strategies to improve diagnosis and early management of cerebral palsy for both Māori and non-Māori families. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2024; 66: 1074–1083. https://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.15847