Almost every young person in WA detention has a severe brain impairment
- Written by Hayley M Passmore, PhD Candidate and Researcher, Telethon Kids Institute
If youths with brain impairment had been identified and supported early, their entry into the justice system could have been avoided entirely.from shutterstock.com
Nine out of ten people in Western Australian youth detention are severely impaired in at least one area of brain function such as memory, language, attention, and executive function...
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