Diplegia usually indicates brain damage, most often from cerebral palsy.

Diplegia-- Paralysis affecting like parts on both sides the body, such as both arms or both legs

diplegia, affecting the same body region on both sides of the body (both arms, for example, or both sides of the face)

Spastic diplegia is historically known as "Little's Disease:. It is a form of cerebral palsy. The name comes from Dr William Little, the first person who identified the disease when he observed it among children in the 1860s.

Diplegia is the medical term for paralysis of two symmetrical parts of the body -- both arms, for instance, or both legs. It can be an obvious, debilitating sign of serious disorders like cerebral palsy, and thus requires immediate medical attention.