'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
Integration of health, education and social care in the academic world. Where is it?
During 2018 and 2019 I carried out some informal research about what is happening in the academic world to promote integration between education, health and social care. Such integration, or joint working, ha
Read more: Integration research effort interrupted by the pandemic
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Purpose: This study explored the feasibility, impact and parent experiences of ENVISAGE (ENabling VISions And Growing Expectations)-Families, a parent-researcher co-designed and co-led program for parents/caregivers raising children with early-onset neurodisabilities.
Methods: Parents
Extracts from the interview of October 2022
We (Community Research) asked community researcher Irene Ayallo why she got involved in research, and what she hopes for how community research is done in Aotearoa (New Zealand) .
What is the one thing you find yourself repeating, when it comes to how to d
‘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
Read more: Factors affecting Disability Support Worker Retention within the Disability Sector
By Beatriz Helena Brugnaro et al
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic interrupted face-to-face health services, leveraging telehealth strategies. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate, from a parent’s perspective, the feasibility of a remote assessment of functioning in children with de
Extracts from fact sheet:
‘Many questions need answers before we move forward with assurance that wireless technologies are safe for human health and the environment.’
‘Radiofrequency radiation (RFR) exposures are associated with a range of adverse health effects
including cardiomyopathy, carcinogen
How is ongoing, severe stress and adversity in early childhood connected to chronic disease in adults? And, what can we do about it?
In this animated video, narrated by Center on the Developing Child Director Jack P. Shonkoff, M.D., learn what the latest science tells us about how early experiences
Read more: How early childhood experiences affect lifelong health and learning. VIDEO
Cartoon © Martina Jirankova-Limbrick 2011