NDIS Independent Assessments – Have Your Say
From mid-2021, the NDIS will be referring people over the age of 7 who meet the initial access requirements of the NDIS for an independent assessment. As a new process,...
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Measuring skeletal muscle morphology and architecture with imaging modalities in children with cerebral palsy: a scoping review
Authors: Sîan A Williams, N Susan Stott, Jane Valentine, Catherine Elliott, Siobhán L Reid. Discussion of the paper: Measuring skeletal muscle morphology and architecture with imaging modalities in children with...
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Study recruitment: Perspectives of parents of children with cerebral palsy following surgery for scoliosis
Perspectives of parents of children with cerebral palsy following surgery for scoliosis: A qualitative study Does your child have cerebral palsy? Did your child have surgery for scoliosis in Australia...
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Knowledge sharing sought from people interested in Pasifika Health and Disability
The Academy has recently updated our Strategic Plan (2020-2025). One of our priorities is to increase our impact as a peak body in the field of cerebral palsy and developmental...
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EACD Europe 2021 – Call for Abstracts
People with childhood-onset disabilities and their families are living in challenging times. COVID-19 has hit our European society very hard and will keep our health care and economy for a...
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Spastic Diplegia–Bilateral Cerebral Palsy: “A Must-Read for Professionals, Parents, and the Individual with CP”
A new book by Lily Collinson (published by Gillette Children’s Healthcare Press in 2020) aims to provide information that is accessible to families with an in-depth understanding of how spastic...
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First Keynote speakers for ‘Better Together’ 2022 announced
Combined 11th Oceania Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine and the 3rd International Alliance of Academies of Childhood Disabilities ‘Better Together’ Conference 2022 The Committee is pleased to announce our first round of...
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DMCN Letter to the Editor: The Oceania Academy champions equity
We would like to highlight two recent Letter to the Editors published in Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology authored by our Oceania Academy President and Board members and EACD president,...
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Oceania Academy and CP Achieve Lived Experience Photo Exhibition Top Four Results
We would like to thank all of our entrants for the Oceania Academy and CP Achieve lived experience photo exhibition. We received over 30 talented entries and we hope you...
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Register now for the EACD online conference, Nov 25-28th 2020
This year’s conference for the European Academy of Childhood Disability is taking place online between 25th-28th Nov, and there is still time to register! Visit the EACD2020 website to view...
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Now showing and voting open: Oceania Academy and CP-Achieve Lived Experience Photo Exhibition
Our talented entrants with a lived experience of cerebral palsy and/or other childhood-onset disability can now be viewed here. We would like to thank all 31 entries for participating and...
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Success of the Global 24 hour Listening and Sharing sessions
IAACD COVID-19 Taskforce To mark 2020’s World Cerebral Palsy Day, the IAACD COVID-19 Taskforce held a Global 24 hour Virtual Listening and Sharing event on October 6th, creating a space...
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