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Category: Research Projects

Posted inEmployment

New centre supporting the care economy

by Kymberly MartinApril 30, 2025April 30, 2025

Unique centre will focus on health and social care.

Posted inNews

New autistic-led project

by Kymberly MartinApril 23, 2025April 23, 2025

Autism program to support wellbeing.

Posted inAdaptive Clothing

Study into sensory vests for autistic children

by Kymberly MartinApril 23, 2025

Exploring positive effects from wearing sensory vests.

We see the bowed legs of a child with cerebral palsy, in a walking frame. They are wearing blue jeans and white shoes.
Posted inResearch Projects

New research improves Cerebral Palsy assessments

by daniellekApril 16, 2025April 16, 2025

A new suite of tools will improve understanding of children’s muscle growth and assist in the assessment and treatment of Cerebral Palsy and other similar conditions. Researchers from not-for-profit research […]

NOFASD CEO Sophie Harrington, a blonde lady in a black blazer and red top, smiles at the camera. We see her from the shoulders up.
Posted inConferences

Call for end to FASD stigma

by daniellekMarch 25, 2025March 26, 2025

The CEO of Australia’s National Organisation for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (NOFASD) says it’s time to end the stigmatisation of women around FASD. CEO Sophie Harrington addressed delegates at an […]

Dr Jessica Fletcher, a woman in a white lab coat with curly dark hair, stands in a lab with science equipment around her.
Posted inNews

MS Australia research harnesses brain’s healing power

by daniellekMarch 12, 2025March 12, 2025

A new multiple sclerosis (MS) research project designed to help the brain repair itself through its own healing processes has received funding in MS Australia’s latest research grant round. The […]

A graphic of an ear.
Posted inNews

First biobank for hearing loss therapies

by daniellekFebruary 4, 2025February 5, 2025

Australasia’s first biobank to develop genetic therapies for hearing loss will soon be headquartered in WA. Ear Science Institute Australia is set to develop the Australasian Hearing Registry and Biobank […]

A young girl with Down syndrome reads a book at a school desk. She is wearing a green top. A man is sitting next to her, smiling and pointing at the book.
Posted inCommunity News

Co-design change with CYDA

by daniellekJanuary 14, 2025January 14, 2025

Children and Young People with Disability Australia (CYDA) is seeking expressions of interest for its new project, Take Charge of Change. The project aims to help CYDA’s community with the […]

A pink pipette being dipped into rows of test tubes held in a tray.
Posted inHealth & Wellbeing

MS Australia launches EBV research platform to combat MS

by daniellekDecember 4, 2024December 4, 2024

MS Australia is bringing together the nation’s top researchers to study the complex link between Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and multiple sclerosis (MS) – with the potential torevolutionise how we treat, […]

A wheelchair sits at the edge of a swimming pool. A young man is being assisted into the pool by a woman in a maroon shirt, and a shirtless man in the water.
Posted inHealth & Wellbeing

Aquatic win for young people with cerebral palsy

by daniellekNovember 26, 2024November 27, 2024

Young people with cerebral palsy have seen some of their symptoms decline thanks to a swimming program developed by University of Queensland (UQ) researchers. Professor Sean Tweedy from UQ’s School of Human […]

Posted inNews

World first approach to spinal cord injury       

by Kymberly MartinOctober 9, 2024October 9, 2024

Recruiting for participants to take part in clinical trial.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, a grey haired man in a suit, stands behind a lectern giving a speech at NextSense.
Posted inNews

NextSense Centre for Innovation opens

by daniellekAugust 13, 2024August 14, 2024

A state-of-the-art facility for people with hearing and vision loss has opened in Sydney. Located at Macquarie University it will support research, education and treatment for people with sensory disability. The […]

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