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Accessible
Easy to approach, enter, operate, participate in, and/or use safely and with dignity by a ... Read more...

ACPA (Australian Cerebral Palsy Association)
The peak body for state-based organisations providing services to people with cerebral pal... Read more...

Allied health professionals
Health workers including: Nurses, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech Pathol... Read more...

Alternative communication system
A communication system used in the absence of speech. That is, a system which is developed... Read more...

Apgar scoring system
A rating of a baby's condition one minute and five minutes after birth. There are five obs... Read more...

Aphasia
The loss of a person's ability to understand spoken language or express an idea in words, ... Read more...

At risk
An increased chance of having problems.

Ataxic cerebral palsy
Ataxia means unsteady movements or tremor. People with ataxic cerebral palsy also have pro... Read more...

Athetoid cerebral palsy
Athetosis means having involuntary, unpredictable movements. This involuntary movement is ... Read more...

Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD)
The clinical term for the presence of clinically significant symptoms for at least 6 month... Read more...

Augmentative communication system
A system that can be used with spoken words and sounds to improve communication. An augmen... Read more...


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