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Frangipani Family Day

Frangipani Family Day is an opportunity for CliniKids to celebrate the families we engage with through our clinical services and research.

Term 1 appointment scheduling

We are aware that many of our clients are either starting kindy or are transitioning from kindy to fulltime school and may require a different day/time for their regular therapy sessions at CliniKids.

Celebrating our OTs

To celebrate World Occupational Therapy (OT) day, we asked our Occupational Therapists to describe what OT means to them.

Support for families

Our team is comprised of well experienced clinicians who can support your child and family.

Fundraise

By fundraising, you’re helping raise awareness and provide funds to support CliniKids and the work we do with autistic children. There are lots of ways to fundraise, online and offline.

Register an offline fundraiser

Contact us If you have any questions about getting started, please contact our giving team. We're happy to help! +61 8 6319 1333 giving@thekids.org.au

Commentary: A spectrum for all? A response to Green et al. (2023), neurodiversity, autism and health care

The broadening of the clinical definition of autism over time-the so-called, autism spectrum-has run in parallel with the growth of a neurodiversity movement that has reframed the concept of autism entirely. Without a coherent and evidence-based framework through which both of these advances can be situated, the field is at risk of losing definition altogether.

Interactions between the lipidome and genetic and environmental factors in autism

Autism omics research has historically been reductionist and diagnosis centric, with little attention paid to common co-occurring conditions (for example, sleep and feeding disorders) and the complex interplay between molecular profiles and neurodevelopment, genetics, environmental factors and health. Here we explored the plasma lipidome in 765 children (485 diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)) within the Australian Autism Biobank.

Parent-Child Interactions May Help to Explain Relations Between Parent Characteristics and Clinically Observed Child Autistic Behaviours

The importance of supporting parent-child interactions has been noted in the context of prodromal autism, but little consideration has been given to the possible contributing role of parental characteristics, such as psychological distress. This cross-sectional study tested models in which parent-child interaction variables mediated relations between parent characteristics and child autistic behaviour in a sample of families whose infant demonstrated early signs of autism.