Centre for Disability and Development Research is an international collaboration for programmatic research designed to build knowledge of childhood disability.

Melbourne, Victoria
Joined March 2017
We can't wait to hear this important presentation about birthing on country at the #BetterTogether2022 conference! Watch the video ⬇️for a sneak peak 👀.
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International guidelines on interventions to improve functional outcomes @RCOT_CYPF @cypfpd
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The p-value is dead! This excellent paper from the editors of physiotherapy journals around the world gives a primer on why effect size estimation and confidence intervals are the way to go from here. Hats off to these editors on this joint effort. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Last chance to get your late breaking scientific news in! @christine_imms @AusACPDM @IAACDtweets
The Scientific Committee invites you to submit abstracts now for Late Breaking Free Papers. #BetterTogether2022 The deadline for submission is: TODAY 23:59 (AEDT) 1 December 2021. bettertogether2022.org/late-…
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#APPGonCP has published our second report on #WorldCerebralPalsyDay as part of our commitment to examining #cerebralpalsy as a lifelong condition. Find out more here: connectpa.co.uk/wp-content/u…
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Even though recent times have been tough, we all are inspired by people around us, and now is the time to acknowledge them. The AusACPDM want to publicly celebrate people who do great things for others. Nominations close on December 15. Find out more: ausacpdm.org.au/about/awards
Looking forward to chatting more @Physio_Rachel The edition was a pleasure to collaborate on. not as good as a real life conference but still great! Watch for later 2022 for our next Participation conference try in beautiful Norway @christine_imms
If this is not the theme of my current work-life perspective, I don't know what is! Thanks for sharing @RachelToovey ...diving in now! Food for discussion @christine_imms @DrNoraShields
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Cannot wait to get stuck into this special edition of @DisabilityRehab. Well done editorial team @CeDDResearch 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Capture the magic: participation for all tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… A must read Why not replace 1 day of medical appointments by a picnic with families and the team to discuss about it? or dedicate the next parent-teacher meeting to participation rather than the school canteen?
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It's #AlliedHealthProfessionsDay! Enabling children with disabilities to live full, happy, healthy lives is a big part of what we do. Thank you to the health care professionals that make it happen. #AHPsDay #occupationaltherapy #Neurodiversity #healthcare #neuroscience #health
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Today is Allied Health Professions Day, Allied health professionals have been on the frontline during the worldwide response to COVID-19 and we couldn’t be more thankful for all their hard work #AHPsDay ow.ly/aKrQ50Gqqxk
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Our CP-Achieve Understanding Survey is now live! The survey will help us to learn more about the demographic and clinical characteristics of young people with CP. We hope that this survey will help us better design our research and inform our future work: redcap.mcri.edu.au/surveys
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1st paper as supervisor @UniMelb honours. Vas was an exceptional (H1) student and this is a great study. Wearables / remote technology - the future of healthcare and functional Ax Validation of shoe-worn Gait Up Physilog®5 wearable inertial sensors i... sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
#AACPDM2021 Thank you for this focus on systemic racism in medicine (symposium and keynote) This is a problem across the world. Just bought @DamonTweedyMD’s book - can’t wait to read it 👏👏👏
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The Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM) is a clinical assessment tool designed and validated to evaluate the change in gross motor function in children with cerebral palsy. Learn more about the App+ version of the GMFM-88 and GMFM-66: canchild.ca/en/shop/38-the-g…
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Cerebral palsy affects more than 17 million people worldwide. There are plenty resources that you can download to use at worldcpday.org/tools/ Learn more about how CP-Achieve is working to improve the lives of those living with cerebral palsy: cp-achieve.org.au/
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Today is World Cerebral Palsy (CP) day. My daughter @ellymaybarnes has a form of cerebral palsy as do 17 million others globally. Elly is hoping to spread information and awareness on life with CP, but can’t help but deal with her situation with humour. Full video on my FB page
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2022 Photo Exhibition Submission Now Open! Showcase your photos of children, adults and families with lived experience of childhood disability in the themes of Family, Fun, Fitness or Friends. More information: acu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/S…
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Welcome to the team, Jacinta! ⁠ ⁠ Jacinta is a #speechpathologist completing her #PhD at @UniMelb, is involved in #research focusing on the #mentalhealth of young people with #cerebralpalsy. ⁠ Read more about Jacinta and the rest of our #team here: cp-achieve.org.au/about/our-…