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To kick off Speech Pathology Week 2024, we asked our clients, their families and the community to share the different ways they communicate. Senior Speech Pathologist Sally Grauaug compiled their ideas and feedback into this blog.

Our award-winning 60 Second Science video series translates the latest research into an accessible format for the community. Here you will also find our Autism Seminar Series and videos about our clinical services and current research projects.

CliniKids has developed a range of fact sheets to support everyday activities at home. We've also included links to some resources and websites for parents and carers developed by other support services.

Learn more about the SenseVest Study at CliniKids

Research

Emerging evidence suggests that observers tend to form less favorable first impressions toward autistic people than toward non-autistic people. These negative impressions may be associated with immediate behavioral responses, as well as long-lasting attitudes toward those being observed that may negatively impact their psychosocial wellbeing. 

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The importance of supporting parent-child interactions has been noted in the context of prodromal autism, but little consideration has been given to the possible contributing role of parental characteristics, such as psychological distress. This cross-sectional study tested models in which parent-child interaction variables mediated relations between parent characteristics and child autistic behaviour in a sample of families whose infant demonstrated early signs of autism.

Research

The aim of this research note is to encourage child language researchers and clinicians to give careful consideration to the use of domain-specific tests as a proxy for language; particularly in the context of large-scale studies and for the identification of language disorder in clinical practice.

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The past three decades have seen a major shift in our understanding of the strong links between autism and identity. These developments have called for careful consideration of the language used to describe autism.

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This study aimed to explore the rates of motor difficulties in children from the Australian Autism Biobank, and how early motor concerns impacted on children functionally.

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To identify factors associated with quality of life (QoL) in children with intellectual disability. We aimed to identify patterns of association not observable in previous hypothesis-driven regression modelling using the same data set from a cross-sectional observational study.