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Rosie Miller is a speech pathologist and researcher. Dr Nick Hagiliassis is manager of evaluation and practice enhancement at Scope. Dr Meredith Prain is a speech pathologist at Able Australia. Janet Wilson is a speech pathologist at Yooralla. Research in Developmental Disabilities , 35 , 929–942. Stewart, L. (2003). Development of the nutrition and swallowing checklist, a screening tool for nutrition risk and swallowing risk in people with intellectual disability. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability , 28, 171–187. Thacker, A., Abdelnoor, A., Anderson, C., White, S., & Hollins, S. (2008). Indicators of choking risk in adults with learning disabilities: A questionnaire survey and interview study. Disability and Rehabilitation , 30 , 1131-1138. Paper presented at the American Speech-Language- Hearing Association Annual Convention, St. Louis, MO. Sheppard, J. J., Hochman, & Baer, C. (2014). The dysphagia disorder survey: Validation of an assessment for swallowing and feeding function in developmental disability.

Correspondence to: Rosie Miller phone: 0401 307 404 email: rosie.miller@monash.edu

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