What Is Cerebral Palsy? Cerebral palsy has many varied definitions, which have probably confused parents with their ambiguity, lack of clarity and complexity. I know when I first came across the term as a parent; I was confused by the varying definitions. The medical world seems particularly good at generating technical explanations of this sort; - explanations, which precisely because of the embedded technical jargon,...... Similar Editorial : Ataxic Cerebral Palsy Lawyer by Kristy Annely. | Source : Actinic Keratosis