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Melissa Cleary

PhD Candidate

Carolyn Drummond

Research Officer

Kate Dorozenko

Senior Research Officer

Professor Jenny Downs

Head, Child Disability

Dr Emma Glasson

Senior Research Fellow

Jess Keeley

Within the Child Disability Team Jess has contributed to research that aims to improve understanding and measurement of the communication of people with CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder (CDD) by conducting and analysing interviews with families.

Shining a light on neurodiversity research

As Neurodiversity Celebration Week draws to a close, we are shining a light on an important study underway at The Kids Research Institute Australia, led by Dr Thom Nevill, a Research Officer within our Human Development and Community Wellbeing and Child Disability teams.

Young adults with intellectual disability transitioning from school to post-school: A literature review framed within the ICF

The purpose of this review was to describe literature relating to transition for young people with an intellectual disability and identify knowledge base gaps.

Intellectual disability: Population-based estimates of the proportion attributable to maternal alcohol use disorder during pregnancy

The aim of this study was to examine the association between maternal alcohol use disorder and intellectual disability in children.

The conductive environment enhances gross motor function of girls with Rett syndrome. A pilot study

This study assessed the functional skills of three girls with RTT aged 35 years before and during participation in a CE programme.