Mild cerebral palsy is possible. Doctors define cerebral palsy as a broad range of conditions in which the child or adult faces chronic movement problems that are associated with the brain's inability to communicate effectively with the nerves and muscles in the body. There are various forms of cerebral palsy, some of which are less debilitating than others. In one form, a little diagnosed condition called ataxic cerebral palsy, the child has difficulty with fine motor skills such as tying a shoe or cutting with scissors. Some forms have normal intelligence ranges, such as athetoid dyskinetic cerebral palsy. In spastic cerebral palsy, there are much more pronounced disabilities including difficulty walking, muscles that are tight and even leading to quadriplegia in some cases.