{"id":2065,"date":"2023-06-01T11:58:08","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T01:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/vic\/?page_id=2065"},"modified":"2024-09-19T10:15:53","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T00:15:53","slug":"co-occurring-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/vic\/co-occurring-diagnosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Co-occurring diagnosis: Down syndrome and Autism, with Sonia Bonadio, Dr Laura Marco and Cher Jimenez."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We’d like to acknowledge the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation, on whose lands this podcast was recorded. We pay our respects to elders past and present.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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In this episode Down Syndrome Victoria’s Family Support Manager Sonia Bonadio interviews Royal Children’s Hospital, Specialist Autism Team and Trisomy 21 Clinic Paediatrician, Doctor Laura Marco and a parent from our community, Cher Jimenez, about:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • What a co-occurring diagnosis is, within the context of Down syndrome<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The process of getting a diagnosis and some of the challenges that may present<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • How prevalent co-occurring diagnosis is for people with Down syndrome<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • What signs or characteristics might be an indicator of a co-occurring diagnosis<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The experience of learning your child has a co-occurring diagnosis<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Advice for parents<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    This episode is part one of a two-part series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Whilst this particular podcast discusses co-occurring diagnosis with a focus on Down syndrome and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), we wish to acknowledge that having a co-occurring diagnosis can include ADHD, OCD and a number of other conditions. The very definition of co-occurring diagnosis is one condition occurring simultaneously with another or others, meaning it is not limited to ASD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Listen here:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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