Migrant mothers and risks of developmental disabilities in their children

Western Australia presents a unique opportunity to study a culturally diverse population of births. Over the last 3 decades there, just under 30% of children were born to mothers who themselves were foreign-born, while about 6% of deliveries were among Australian Indigenous women and two-thirds in Australian non-Indigenous mothers, as reported by Abdullahi et al in this volume of The Journal. The authors set out to explore whether children from foreign-born mothers have higher rates of intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder, and cerebral palsy.

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