Advocates for those with profound autism say that a committee tasked with guiding the federal government’s strategy on the developmental disability is largely ignoring the needs of this population. A ...
With a new report, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is tacitly embracing a recently coined autism classification and providing a first-of-its-kind breakdown on the number of kids on the ...
A child with a “profound” disability has lived in a hospital for over 100 days more than medically necessary due to services being unable to meet the child’s needs in the community, the office of the ...
Loretto Lambe, who has died aged 72, was founder and chief executive of the profound disability charity Promoting a More Inclusive Society (Pamis). As such she devoted most of her life to working for ...
Reinders uses a Trinitarian lens to push readers to consider whether friendship—a voluntary and mutually self-giving relationship—is possible with individuals with profound disabilities. The Bible, ...
The father of a son with a profound disability says he is dismayed by a disability royal commission recommendation that special schools be phased out, describing it as "pie in the sky stuff". A father ...
Intellectual functioning. Also known as IQ, this refers to a person’s ability to learn, reason, make decisions, and solve problems. Adaptive behaviors. These are skills necessary for day-to-day life, ...
A tiny, flexible electronic device that wraps around the spinal cord could represent a new approach to the treatment of spinal injuries, which can cause profound disability and paralysis. A team of ...
Former Olympic sprinter Cameron Sharp suffered ''profound disability'' because of the inexperience of hospital staff, the High Court in London heard yesterday. Mr Sharp, 38, formerly of Shettleston ...
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Hundreds of homes for people with disability sit empty at expense of NDIS participants and investors
At first glance, driving through the new estates on Melbourne's western fringe, the houses look ordinary. Single-storey, brick veneer frontages, finished in a grey monochrome. But look closer and the ...
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