11 results for “Developmental delays”
9y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident (pedestrian)
Aluel Ajak, a 9-year-old girl with autism spectrum disorder, severe developmental delay, and moderate intellectual disability, died from injuries sustained when struck by a motor vehic…
23y · Female·Death by homicide; medical cause unable to be determined due to body not being l…
…June 2009 near Leitchville, likely as a result of homicide. Evidence shows Krystal was vulnerable with developmental delays, poor self-care abilities, and limited social skills. She left hospital for a supposed party, m…
3y · Male·Pneumonia and respiratory failure in association with metachromatic leukodystrop…
…layed notification to the Coroner of the death in 2013. Key clinical lessons include the importance of developmental screening (early motor delays were noted but not formally assessed), comprehensive investigation of mu…
45y · Female·Complications of sepsis secondary to sacral pressure wound in a woman with genet…
Kristy Ann Mitchener, a 45-year-old woman with severe intellectual disability, genetic developmental and epileptic encephalopathy, and oesophageal dysmotility, died from sepsis secondary to a sacral pres…
21y · Female·hypoxic brain injury due to choking on food, with Bardet-Biedl Syndrome as a con…
Jordan Sargent, a 21-year-old with Bardet-Biedl Syndrome causing intellectual disability and developmental delays, died from hypoxic brain injury after choking on a Jaffa lolly while being driven in a minibus …
2y · Female·Complications of severe anaemia and SARS-CoV2 (COVID-19) infection
…ulties, took almost exclusively milk and yoghurt, and was profoundly anaemic with poor muscle tone and developmental delay. Although Child Development Service identified anaemia risk and recommended GP assessment and ir…
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…
9y · Female·suicide by hanging
A 9-year-old Aboriginal girl died by suicide while in out-of-home care. She had been removed from her Aboriginal parents at 10 months of age and placed with non-Aboriginal carers despite legislation requiring Aboriginal …
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…
[77, 80, 55]y · ["female", "male", "female"]·Multiple injuries from motor vehicle collision
A motor vehicle collision on the Princes Highway near Suttontown killed three adults when a 16-year-old driver with significant neurological conditions momentarily lost concentration while ascending a hill. The driver ha…
Ligature compression of the neck (hanging) in 12 cases; one open finding
This complex coronial inquest examined 13 Aboriginal children and young persons who died by suicide in the Kimberley Region between 2012–2016. The coroner found 12 deaths were suicides and one open finding. Common contri…
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