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FASD - Submission to House of Representatives

Thursday, 01 December 2011 21:41
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 The National Council on Intellectual Disability (NCID) welcomes and supports this long overdue inquiry into Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). NCID has a very particular interest in addressing this issue as:

Prenatal alcohol exposure, and the resulting FASD, is recognized as the commonest preventable cause of intellectual disability.  (K.D.O'Malley, 2007)

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FASD - NHMRC Guidelines

Friday, 18 November 2011 13:13 Mark Pattison
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NCID has submitted a response to the NHMRC's draft Clinical Practice Points on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents.

In our submission NCID highlights that the Practice Points do not mention Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, in our view this is a major oversight.

Last Updated on Friday, 18 November 2011 21:23 Read more...
 

Reasons why institutions must close #53

Monday, 07 November 2011 08:24 Mark Pattison
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... so that they can be transformed into a wonderful university campus for today's youth!

By surprise I found myself at 'Rydlemere Hospital' last weekend. Not that I knew that that was where I was going. I had signed up to do a course at the Parramatta Campus of the University of Western Sydney and in getting the directions paid no attention to my memories of 25 years ago.

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