To investigate how well intellectual disability (ID) can be ascertained using hospital morbidity data compared with a population-based data source. ...

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• 2018
• January 2018

The present estimates of relative recurrence risks for autism spectrum disorder and childhood autism will assist clinicians and families in understanding autism risk ...

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• 2019
• September 2019

Carol Helen Bower Leonard C HM MBBS MSc PhD FAFPHM DLSHTM FPHA MBChB MPH Senior Principal Research Fellow, Alcohol and Pregnancy & FASD Research; ...

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Children born to parents with intellectual disability (ID) have been shown as disproportionally represented in child protection services however with limited population-based research. ...

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• 2022
• February 2022

This study suggests that low Apgar score is associated with higher risk of autism spectrum disorder, and in particular autistic disorder ...

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• 2019
• February 2019

Mothers of children with intellectual disability or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have poorer health than other mothers. ...

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• 2014
• December 2014

Increases in ASD was not only limited to advancing paternal or maternal age alone but also to differences parental age including younger or older similarly age ...

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• 2016
• May 2016

It’s only 18 years since the CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder was identified by Australian researchers as an independent disorder, and while some advances ...

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• 2022
• In the pipeline

ID and/or ASD were found to be associated with an increased risk of hospitalisation compared with the remainder of the population. ...

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• 2013
• February 2013

Children with congenital heart defects (CHDs) are at higher risk of developing an intellectual disability. However, severity of intellectual disabilities among this group of children are largely unknown. Our objective was to determine the risk of intellectual disability (ID), ID severity, and autism among children with CHDs. ...

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• 2023
• March 2023