This item is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Show simple item record. Cerebral palsy is the most common cause of physical disability in children, most of them reaching and living adult life. For young people with cerebral palsy transition to adult life, concerning participation and healthcare, is a complex process and unsuccessful transition can result in decreased autonomy and problems of health.
The aims of this research were: to detect the level of autonomy in participation and healthcare for young people with cerebral palsy with normal or possible cognitive deficit, to detect their level or readiness for transition to adult healthcare, to identify the factors that are associated and are impacting the transition process, to determine the significant differences in health and disability between young people with cerebral palsy and able-bodied peers.
The literature review contains scientific grounds of limitations in participation and health risks for adults with cerebral palsy, describes the transition process to adult life, gives an insight in laws of Latvia concerning young adults with cerebral palsy in context of participation and healthcare, and mentions examples of education and work possibilities for persons with disability in Latvia.
Methodology was built to give a comprehensive cross-sectional description of the transition process, to highlight the associated and impacting factors, which were interpreted as facilitating or inhibiting, and to compare functioning in life between young adults with cerebral palsy and the control group.
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The results of the research show that the largest proportion of participants are dependent on parents in such domains of participation as Education and employment, Finance, Housing and Transportation. Domain of participation — Leisure social activities — was found to be the only domain in which the largest proportion of the participants were autonomous, while in domains Intimate Relationships and Sexuality most of participants had no experience.
