Diagnostic changes influencing rates

• Changing diagnostic classifications eg autism, CP syndromes
   
• Increased awareness/diagnosis eg learning disorders, ADHD etc
   
• Categorisation for receipt of services
   
• Screening, earlier diagnosis eg. cong hypothyroidism

PREVALENCE OF CEREBRAL PALSY AND OTHER NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS

L'AUGMENTATION DE L'INCIDENCE DES TROUBLES NEUROLOGIQUES D'ORIGINE PERINATALE
Professor Fiona Stanley, Institute for Child Health Research, Perth, Australia www.ichr.uwa.edu.au