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Children with DCD often avoid the tasks they struggle with, meaning their issues may become invisible.
Developmental delay is viewed clinically as a temporary state where children are slower to develop than expected. It is most often used for children under five.
Mercury is a neurotoxic metal that can cause irreparable harm to human health – especially the brain development of young children. A scientist explains how it gets from power plants to fish to you.
A better understanding of ADHD in girls will enable earlier recognition, diagnosis and, importantly, treatment for girls, than currently exists.
Two research groups have turned human skin cells into structures resembling an early-stage human embryo, paving the way for exciting new research avenues, and opening up some tricky ethical questions.
From the moment their baby is born, Australian parents receive conflicting advice on how to cope with newborn issues. What we are doing wastes our resources, but we’re not investing in alternatives.
Developmental coordination disorder has only recently been recognised for what it is.
Milestone charts can be an effective tool in spotting developmental problems. But do they say anything about the future potential of children who are developing normally?
Around 40% of Australian women drink alcohol while pregnant, despite medical guidelines recommending they don’t.
In our study, it was the comparison groups of children who showed a visual learning style, not the children with autism.
Every few months, the same question about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is posed in the media - is it real? The latest example comes from leading American neuroscientist, Dr Bruce Perry…
Sociology influences medicine more than we like to admit. One only needs to look at the history of psychiatric disorders – a term used broadly here to incorporate developmental disorders – to see how “normal…
While autism, schizophrenia, ADHD and x-linked intellectual disabilities are caused by a complex interaction of factors…
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Deputy Director, The Kids Research Institute Australia, Professor of Autism Research, The University of Western Australia
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Reader in Occupational Therapy, Brunel University of London
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General Practitioner, Researcher, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer in Psychology and Special Educational Needs, UCL
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Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney
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Partner, Government & Public Sector, Providence / Honorary Fellow, Australian National University
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Head of Autism Research and Senior Principal Research Fellow, The Kids Research Institute Australia
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Professor of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Goldsmiths, University of London
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Director, The Kidman Centre, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Earth Sciences and Executive Director, Environmental Resilience Institute, Indiana University
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Reader in Occupational Therapy, Brunel University of London
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Professor - Emerging Technologies (Stem Cells) at The University of Melbourne and Group Leader - Stem Cell Ethics & Policy at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Assistant Professor in Psychology, Bond University
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Professor of Developmental Psychology, Australian Catholic University
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Professor and Group Leader, Reproductive Epidemiology, Murdoch Children's Research Institute