Child Unlimited

Child UnLimited is an Australian network of researchers, clinicians, advocates and families with a shared vision: to improve the clinical care and quality of life of children, adolescents and young adults living with a chronic illness or disability. 1 in 5 Australian children are living with chronic illness. Their life course is not the same as that of children without chronic illness. These children and their families face many problems every day - poor physical health and school achievement, disrupted social networks, significant distress and financial toxicity. Our Goals 1. To create national consumer groups to guide and inform our work. To assess the burden of chronic disease, variance in outcomes and models of care. To improve current models of care to enable simpler clinical management. To ensure the cost effectiveness of the new models of care. To provide better and more tailored support for children and their families. To improve educational services for children who miss school due to chronic illness.