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Women combining paid employment with dual caring responsibilities for children and aging parents, experience both benefits and costs

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Here we investigate these features in an animal model related to autism spectrum disorder - the DVD-deficient rat

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Current findings indicate that gender diverse children and adolescents with indicated ASD comprise an especially vulnerable group at risk of mental health difficulties

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Parenting is a rewarding experience but is not without its challenges. Parents of Autistic children face additional challenges, and as a result can experience lower levels of wellbeing and more mental health problems (i.e., depression, anxiety, stress). Previous studies have identified concurrent correlates of wellbeing and mental health.

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This article describes the development of a Model of Care resource to support youth involved with the justice system where a neurodevelopmental disability such as Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder is suspected. Service staff within the Youth Justice sector were engaged in an iterative process of resource development over a 9-month period.

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This large population-based study identified no consistent association across two cohorts between prenatal head growth and postnatal autistic traits

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Initial evaluation suggests that QI-Disability is a reliable and valid measure of quality of life across the spectrum of intellectual disability

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Findings provide preliminary evidence that early psychosis is associated with reduced heart rate variability

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We conducted a study that examined the concordance of diagnoses between a multidisciplinary assessment team and a range of clinicians in Australia.

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Investigating whether the presence and severity of nausea and vomiting may be related to symptom severity in offspring with autism spectrum disorder