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Seizures: A person having a seizure may abruptly "freeze," fall and shake violently or simply fall down. Seizures affect about half of all people with cerebral palsy but are usually not harmful.

Sensory Integration Therapy: An approach to help children with CP achieve an optimal level of functioning. This therapy helps to overcome problems experienced by many young children in absorbing and processing sensory information. Encouraging these abilities ultimately improves balance and steady movement. Therapies include stimulating touch sensations and pressures on different parts of the body.

Serentil: An antipsychotic drug for schizophrenics. Serentil® has been associated with other drugs that may cause cardiac arrhythmias and sudden death.

Serzone: A prescription medication used to treat depression. Cases of life-threatening liver failure have been reported in patients treated with Serzone. This medication has been related to liver dysfunction.

Spastic Cerebral Palsy: A form of cerebral palsy that causes tightness in the muscles. Because of this tightness, spastic cerebral palsy patients have a difficult time controlling their movement.

Spastic Diplegia B A form of spastic cerebral palsy that affects muscle control in either arms or legs.

Spastic Hemiplegia B A form of spastic cerebral palsy that affects muscle control on one side of the body.

Spastic Monoplegia B A form of spastic cerebral palsy that affects only one limb. This form of spastic cerebral palsy is rare.

Spastic Quadriplegia B A form of spastic cerebral palsy that affects both the arms and the legs of a patient.

Spastic Triplegia B A form of spastic cerebral palsy that affects three of the limbs. This form of spastic cerebral palsy is rare.

Speech therapy: Therapy used to increase communication skills. It may also include teaching sign language or using a communication device.

Stipulation: An agreement, admission or concession made in a judicial proceeding by the parties or their attorneys, thus relieving a party of its obligation to produce evidence in support of an argument or allegation.

Subpoena: A legal document issued by the court ordering a person to appear as specified and give testimony and/or produce evidence.

Subrogation: A process by which a third party is put in the place of a creditor so that the rights and securities of the creditor pass to that third person.