55 results for “developmental disability”
9y · Male·Motor vehicle accident related multi trauma
Michael Ormsby, a 9-year-old boy with severe autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability requiring constant supervision, died from multi-trauma injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. W…
28y · Male·hanging
…isengagement pattern. Key lessons include the challenges of engaging high-functioning individuals with developmental disorders, and the need for coordinated care across fragmented services.
59y · Male·Choking asphyxia
Tom Owen Row, a 59-year-old man with intellectual disability, dementia, Fragile X Syndrome, and Chromosome 18 Deletion Syndrome, died from choking asphyxia at a resi…
36y · Male·T-Lymphoblastic Leukaemia/Lymphoma (T-ALL)
Matthew Biggin, a 36-year-old man with severe intellectual disability, died from T-lymphoblastic leukaemia after a 5-month illness. In August 2021, he presented with cough, t…
19y · Male·aspiration of latex glove; intellectual disability
Daniel Pelka, a 19-year-old with severe intellectual and physical disability, died from aspiration of a latex glove whilst attending a disability day care centre. He had known prope…
64y · Male·Complications of a cerebral tumour in the setting of multiple medical comorbidit…
Brian Troy, a 64-year-old man with profound intellectual and physical disabilities including autism, epilepsy, and cerebral palsy, died from complications of a malignant cerebral tumour. He was diagnosed in January 2020 …
29y · Male·respiratory sepsis in a man with cerebral palsy and epilepsy
Alexander Petricca, a 29-year-old man with cerebral palsy, quadriplegia, autism and developmental delay, died from respiratory sepsis following aspiration pneumonia. He had experienced multiple respir…
4y · Male·chronic degenerative damage (complications) from neonatal cerebral palsy
…was a 4.5-year-old Aboriginal boy with severe neonatal cerebral palsy causing quadriplegia, intellectual disability, seizures, blindness, and severe gastro-oesophageal reflux. He died unexpectedly at home from chronic co…
31y · Male·Acute colonic pseudo-obstruction; death certificate amended to 'unascertained' -…
Cameron Yeates, a 31-year-old man with intellectual disability (IQ 64) and longstanding gastrointestinal issues, died from acute colonic pseudo-obstruction with underl…
2y · Female·effects of fire (smoke inhalation and thermal injury)
AW, a 2-year-old girl with 15a11.2 BP1-BP2 microdeletion syndrome and developmental delays, died on 14 April 2018 in a house fire at her rural NSW home. She died from smoke inhalation an…
3y · Male·Respiratory failure due to spastic quadriplegia and cerebral palsy
Jamie Peoples was a 3-year-old boy with profound disabilities including spastic quadriplegia, cerebral palsy, hearing and sight impairment. He required percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy for feeding and received ongoing…
14y · Female·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to choking on food, as a consequence of foe…
…ff understanding and compliance with individualised eating/swallowing plans for people with intellectual disability; the need for designated health coordinators in residential care; hand-held health records to improve co…
29y · Male·Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP)
Dean Broughton, a 29-year-old man with hyperekplexia and possible epilepsy living in an assisted living facility, was found deceased at home. Autopsy and review of medical records confirmed Sudden Unexpected Death in Epi…
19y · Male·gunshot wounds to chest and abdomen
…ce abuse services contributed to vulnerabilities; failures in early intervention for young people with developmental delays or FASD; and absence of culturally competent, trauma-informed approaches to Aboriginal people i…
54y · Male·Complications of pelvic and spinal fractures sustained in a fall in man with Dow…
Andrew William Barr, a 54-year-old man with Down syndrome and Alzheimer's dementia, died from complications of pelvic and spinal fractures sustained in a fall. Following his mother's death in January 2021 and his Februar…
28y · Female·complications of epilepsy
…nd epilepsy, died on 21 April 2015 at a group home. She experienced a seizure around 3:20am managed by a disability support worker (DSW) without medical intervention. Hours later, a second unwitnessed seizure likely caus…
2y · Female·pneumonia in a child with reported recent flu-like illness (multiple viral detec…
Armarnie-Bree Elliott, a 2-year-old with Angelman syndrome, died from pneumonia complicated by oxycodone toxicity. She developed flu-like symptoms in late April while at a women's refuge. On 2 May evening, appearing incr…
17y · Female·raised intracranial pressure due to hepatic encephalopathy related cerebral oede…
…larly family coercion regarding allegations of sexual abuse she had made, combined with her intellectual disability, epilepsy history, and past trauma. No criticism was directed at healthcare workers; the death could not…
11y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained when struck by train
Alex Raichman, 11, died when struck by a train after absconding from respite care at Civic Disability Services. Alex had autism, intellectual disability, and seizure disorder with documented absconding risk…
7y · Male·multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision (passenger)
A 7-year-old boy died in a head-on motor vehicle collision after his father deliberately drove their newly purchased car into an oncoming truck. The father had recently experienced severe stress following his partner's d…
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