Darling Downs Paediatrics

Darling Downs Paediatrics Dr Michael Parry, specialist paediatrician providing care for the infants and young people in Toowoomba, including the Darling Downs and beyond.

Happy Halloween!🎃🧛‍♂️🧟‍♂️🦇My pumpkin this year is a good luck omen to my childhood baseball club, the who are playing ...
31/10/2025

Happy Halloween!🎃🧛‍♂️🧟‍♂️🦇

My pumpkin this year is a good luck omen to my childhood baseball club, the who are playing game 6 of the tonight and could win the series...Go Blue Jays!!!⚾️

Happy Father's day to all the dad's and father figures out there.Hope you got a decent bit of 'dad time' in today.
07/09/2025

Happy Father's day to all the dad's and father figures out there.

Hope you got a decent bit of 'dad time' in today.

I was privileged to meet Keri Opai at a conference in Queenstown recently. He gave a moving talk on, and is the creator ...
01/09/2025

I was privileged to meet Keri Opai at a conference in Queenstown recently. He gave a moving talk on, and is the creator of an amazing piece of evolving work: Te Reo Hāpai — The Language of Enrichment - a glossary of te reo Māori terms for use in the mental health, addiction and disability sectors.

“He mana tō te kupu” — “Words have great power” — a whakataukītanga kōrero (proverbial saying)

The concept is great. English medical, mental health terms etc are translated to language which is more meaningful for the Māori community. New language was created for some words which did not exist in Māori, such as:
‘Autism’ – Takiwātanga - 'my/his/her own time and space'

I particularly love the way they use language that does not emphasize deficit or disability.

Look out for my new friend in the office (seen in the photo below) – the Piwakawaka (or NZ fantail). This inquisitive and energetic friend is constantly on the move, from sunrise to sunset. It is not surprising therefore, that it symbolises another term close to my heart. ADHD, or better yet:
Aroreretini – ‘Attention goes to many things’😊

Address

86 Alderley Street
Toowoomba, QLD
4350

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8:30am - 3pm
Friday 8:30am - 1pm

Telephone

+61746462640

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