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The importance of play for a child’s development is irrefutable. Playgroups provide a safe environment for children of similar ages to play and develop prior to starting school.

We have all heard of the phrase ‘it takes a village to raise a child’ but unfortunately in contemporary western society that ‘village’ can be hard to find.

Every child deserves the best possible start in life. Evidence demonstrates the period from pre-birth to three years is a vital period of development. It lays the foundations for a child’s future and has life-long impacts on health, education, job opportunities, social inclusion and wellbeing.

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In 2020, we celebrated our 30th birthday with those who matter most — the kids whose lives we’ve changed through the research we do.

Early motor impairments have been reported in children with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD), but it is not clear if early detection of motor impairments can identify children at risk for NDD or how early such impairments might be detected. Our aim was to characterize early motor function in children later diagnosed with NDD relative to typically developing children or normative data.

A severe neurodevelopmental disorder mostly affecting girls.

Two The Kids Research Institute Australia researchers recognised for their role in building a global database for CDKL5 deficiency disorder are now helping to set the scene for clinical trials of much-needed potential treatments.

While individual diseases are rare, as a group, rare diseases are common. Recent estimates suggest that between 3% and 6% of the world’s population are affected by rare disease.

Early intervention is being touted as the key to preventing lung damage in children with cystic fibrosis.