![]() As previously published, Stage Visual-motor integration ![]() Approximately 80% of the population identify as being of Australian Aboriginal descent, representing five Aboriginal cultural groups. The Fitzroy Valley has a population of 4500 people living in approximately 45 communities within a 200 km radius of the main service town of Fitzroy Crossing (Morphy, 2010). ![]() In this paper we report VMI data from the Lililwan Project, a population-based study of FASD prevalence in the remote Fitzroy Valley region of Western Australia. ![]() The outcomes identified that many children in remote Australia have VMI impairment, even those without PAE or FASD, suggesting that PAE is Setting It is also the first to consider whether visual perception or fine motor coordination impairments are present, which could account for VMI difficulties in children with PAE or FASD. This study is the first to report VMI, visual perception, and fine motor coordination skills in a population-based cohort of Aboriginal children in a remote region of Australia.
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