Transdisciplinary teamwork gets 'up close and personal'. Is that why we are afraid of it?

We are humans, not robots - we have to cater for human emotions as we move forward

In my early reading about the education of young children who have cerebral palsy, I learned that the ideal approach as used in some parts of USA was transdisciplinary teamwork. I could easily tune into this because,

Functional Neuroplasticity and Motor Skill Change Following Gross Motor Interventions for Children With Diplegic Cerebral Palsy

Paper by Alicia J. Hilderley, PhD et al

ABSTRACT

Background: Gross motor intervention designs for children with diplegic cerebral palsy (DCP) require an improved understanding of the children’s potential for neuroplasticity.

Objective: To identify relations between functional neuroplasticity and mot

Social protection for people with disabilities in Europe

European Social Policy Network analysis of policies in 35 countries

From Coface website:

The European Social Policy Network (ESPN), which supports the European Commission in monitoring progress towards EU social protection, prepared a Synthesis Report collecting the findings from 35 national

Sustained decline in rate and severity of cerebral palsy, collaborative research partnership reveals

'a sustained decrease of around 40% from just twenty years ago'

The 2023 Australian Cerebral Palsy Register (ACPR) Report has been launched today by the Honourable Bill Shorten MP, Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme and Government Services.

Analysing data from almost 11,000

Place Matters: The environment we create shapes the foundations of healthy development

Working paper from Center on the Developing Child

‘A wide range of conditions in the places where children live, grow, play, and learn can get “under the skin” and affect their developing brains and other biological systems. Rapidly advancing science around early childhood development provides incre

Systematic Review of Fluoride Exposure and Neurodevelopmental and Cognitive Health Effects

‘...higher fluoride exposure...is associated with lower IQ and other cognitive effects in children’

Conclusion: NTP (US National Toxicology Program) concludes that fluoride is presumed to be a cognitive neurodevelopmental hazard to humans. This conclusion is based on a moderate level of evidence tha

Report: Included, Every Step of the Way

Upholding the rights of migrant and displaced children with disabilities

From Unicef:

'Children with disabilities and children on the move represent highly diverse populations living in a broad range of circumstances. But as two of the most marginalized groups of children in the world, there is much

Factors affecting Disability Support Worker Retention within the Disability Sector

‘Staff engaged on a casual basis viewed work as insecure’

Abstract

The attraction and retention of support workers is an ongoing issue for the disability sector. It has impacted the ability of service providers to deliver timely and high-quality support.
The turnover or “churn” of workers in the s