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Discover the news and events of the Rett syndrome and related disorders team, and find out what the team is working on in the fields of children disorders.

News & Events

On Sunday May 25th, the 'I love someone with Rett syndrome' team participated in the annual HBF Run for a Reason.

News & Events

You can't stop loving them: the gift of a grandchild can sometimes be painful, writes Wendy Macklin.

News & Events

Our InterRett team visited Geelong, Australia to attend the first ever Rett Syndrome Association of Australia national conference.

Research

Convenient, readily available and helping create a close and loving bond between baby and mother, breastfeeding is highly regarded for optimising infant health and preventing chronic disease in adulthood.

Not too long ago, if you had mentioned physical activity to educators at the Sonas Early Learning & Care centres run by Shelley Prendergast, they would automatically have reached for the trusty old obstacle course.

Aboriginal families and communities have endured the imposition of countless ‘solutions’ and had to live with the consequences of these ineffective initiatives. Those consequence are sadly evident in the unrelenting gap in outcomes for Aboriginal kids, compared with other Australian children.

Despite the risk of having a hypo (low blood glucose levels), Gina said she refused to let T1D stop her from exercising.

In 1998, The Kids Research Institute Australia embarked on one of the most ambitious population health projects in Western Australian history.

WA Kids Cancer Centre is leading the charge to find innovative new treatments that will allow doctors to ‘dial down’ the amount of toxic treatments needed to fight cancer.