the majority of handicaps fall into the categories of physical mental or emotional. physical handicaps may be motor or sensory. the greater proprotion of those with a motor handicap have cerebral palsy or spinal palsy,the latter being assosciated with spina bifida. other motor defects result from congenital dislocation of the hip, congenital or acquired limb deformities including those resulting from the administration of thalidomide during pregnancy and rare conditions such as arthrogryposis multipex