This study looked at the frequency of racism experiences over time in a population of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children ...

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• 2018
• October 2018

School readiness is a construct used by educators and policy makers to describe a range of abilities that are beneficial for children transitioning to school. The association of socioeconomic disadvantage with developmental vulnerability when children start school is well established. Parents play a crucial role in supporting children’s transition to school and are acknowledged as their child’s first and foremost teacher. ...

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• 2022
• January 2022

The aim of this study was to describe pubertal development in a population-based cohort of females with Rett syndrome. ...

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• 2013
• November 2013

To investigate modifiable child and caregiver factors influencing community participation among children with Down syndrome. ...

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• 2022
• February 2022

This study describes how an informed consent process was developed for people with intellectual disability and how it is working in a current study ...

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• 2018
• June 2018

Public health weight-loss interventions seem to be based on an outdated understanding of the science. ...

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• 2013
• February 2013

The aim of this paper was to estimate the degree to which smoke-free facilities may facilitate smoking cessation in smokers with mental illness by estimating... ...

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• 2011
• December 2011

A non-progressive motor disability due to damage of the developing brain, this is the most common physical disability in childhood. Affecting about one in 500 babies, it is frequently accompanied by other neurological impairments, such as intellectual or sensory. ...

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Helen Jenny Peter Leonard Downs Richmond HM JA PC MBChB MPH BApplSci (physio) MSc PhD MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACP Principal Research Fellow Program Head, Development and Disability Head, Vaccine Trials Group +61 419 956 946 08 6319 1763 helen.leonard@ ...

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Helen Jenny Leonard Downs HM JA MBChB MPH BApplSci (physio) MSc PhD Principal Research Fellow Program Head, Development and Disability +61 419 956 946 08 6319 1763 helen.leonard@telethonkids.org.au Jenny.Downs@telethonkids.org.au Principal Research ...

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Scoliosis is a common orthopaedic complication of Rett syndrome, and surgery is commonly used to reduce asymmetry in cases with severe scoliosis. ...

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• 2009
• June 2009

Loss of hand function is a core feature of Rett syndrome. This article describes longitudinal hand function at 3 time points for 72 subjects participating... ...

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• 2011
• March 2011