Indicators of social disruption in Australia 1970s-2000s

Families, neighbourhoods, wider society

Increases:

• Divorce, blended families, family conflict, violence, stress
• Work (stress, women working)
• Child care
• Families in poverty
• Children needing fostering
• Unemployment
• Extended adolescent dependency
• Addictions, gambling
• Inequalities (wealth, health, education, access, information)
• Insecure neighbourhoods, social isolation
• Environmental degradation
• Racist sentiments
• Individual greed, corporate wealth

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