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Development of a Model of Care resource for FASD in the justice systemThis article describes the development of a Model of Care resource to support youth involved with the justice system where a neurodevelopmental disability such as Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder is suspected. Service staff within the Youth Justice sector were engaged in an iterative process of resource development over a 9-month period.
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Brief Report: An Exploratory Study of the Diagnostic Reliability for Autism Spectrum DisorderWe conducted a study that examined the concordance of diagnoses between a multidisciplinary assessment team and a range of clinicians in Australia.
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A Relationship Between Early Language Skills and Adult Autistic-Like Traits: Evidence from a Longitudinal Population-Based StudyThis is the first study to show an association between early language ability and autistic-like traits in adulthood
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Obesity and associated factors in youth with an autism spectrum disorderPrevalence of overweight/obesity in children and youth with autism spectrum disorder, and associations between weight status and range of factors
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CATALISE: A multinational and multidisciplinary Delphi consensus study. Identifying language impairments in childrenDelayed or impaired language development is a common developmental concern, yet there is little agreement about the criteria used to identify and classify...
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Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders and Autism Spectrum DisorderWe examine the level of comorbidity found between Autism spectrum disorder and Schizophrenia spectrum disorders at a clinical and trait level
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Conceptualizing a quality of life framework for girls with Rett syndrome using qualitative methodsExisting quality of life scales for children in the general population or with other disabilities did not capture the QOL of children with Rett syndrome
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Prevalence and risk factors for parent-reported recurrent otitis media during early childhoodThe prevalence of parent-reported rOM was 26.8% (611/2280) and 5.5% (125/2280) for severe rOM in the Study.
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Adult digit ratio (2D:4D) is not related to umbilical cord androgen or estrogen concentrations, their ratios or net bioactivityRatio of second digit length to fourth digit length (2D:4D) has been extensively used in human and experimental research as a marker of fetal sex steroid...
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Prevalence and risk factors for parent-reported recurrent otitis media during early childhoodThe objective was to describe the prevalence and risk factors of recurrent otitis media (rOM) in an urban Australian population at 3 years of age.