If the burden of disease (lost well-being) is included, individuals bear 76% of the costs.The average lifetime cost for people with CP in the US is US$921,000 per individual, including lost income.In the United States, many states allow Medicaid beneficiaries to use their Medicaid funds to hire their own PCAs, instead of forcing them to use institutional or managed care.In India, the government-sponsored program called "NIRAMAYA" for the medical care of children with neurological and muscular deformities has proved to be an ameliorating economic measure for persons with such disabilities. It has shown that persons with mental or physically debilitating congenital disabilities can lead better lives if they have financial independence. Use of the term
"Cerebral" means "of, or pertaining to, the cerebrum or the brain" and "palsy" means "paralysis, generally partial, whereby a local body area is incapable of voluntary movement". It has been proposed to change the name to "cerebral palsy spectrum disorder" to reflect the diversity of presentations of CP.Many people would rather be referred to as a person with a disability (people-first language) instead of as "handicapped". "Cerebral Palsy: A Guide for Care" at the University of Delaware offers the following guidelines:

Impairment is the correct term to use to define a deviation from normal, such as not being able to make a muscle move or not being able to control an unwanted movement. Disability is the term used to define a restriction in the ability to perform a normal activity of daily living which someone of the same age can perform.
The Story of Intellectual Disability: An Evolution of Meaning, Understanding, and Public Perception. Brookes Publishing. Smith, Philip. (2010). Whatever Happened to Inclusion? : The Place of Students with Intellectual Disabilities in Education. New York: Peter Lang Publishing. ISBN 978-1433104343 LCCN 2009-44580 OCLC 460711867. External links

Facts about intellectual disabilities from the US Centers for Disease Controls National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities