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Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) is a neurodevelopmental condition impacting motor skill acquisition and competence. While previous studies have identified adverse psychosocial outcomes in DCD, they are limited by small or population-screened, community-based samples.
This population-based study investigated the association of BMI and other predictors with gestational diabetes mellitus among Australian Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal mothers. We conducted a state-wide retrospective cohort study that included all singleton births in Western Australia between 2012 and 2015 using population health datasets linked by the Western Australian Data Linkage Branch.
More than 1 in 5 children experience neglect, exposing them to several adverse consequences. Children with intellectual disability experience additional neglect related challenges. Public perceptions significantly influence the identification, intervention, and prevention of child neglect.
Long-term survival was lower for Aboriginal children with congenital heart defects
Although abilities were markedly impaired for the majority with the CDKL5 disorder, some females and a few males had better functional abilities
Mothers of children with autism without ID had increased risk of cancer, which may relate to common genetic pathways
The annual economic cost of DMD was found to be high, reflecting a significant socioeconomic burden, especially in boys who reach adulthood
Changes in emotional and behavioural problems for young people with intellectual disability with and without Down syndrome as they transition into adulthood
Annual economic cost of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy was found to be high, reflecting a significant socioeconomic burden, especially in boys who reach adulthood
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