India, April 27 -- The South Australian Government is partnering with the Little Heroes Foundation to provide a $500,000 funding boost for much-needed research into the fatal and aggressive condition known as Childhood Dementia at Flinders University.

Childhood Dementia is a devastating and under-recognised group of genetic disorders, which result in potentially irreversible brain damage beginning in childhood.

Like adult dementia, childhood dementia is progressive, meaning children lose their ability to talk, walk, read, write, and play. An estimated 91 Australians die with childhood dementia each year, almost as many who die from childhood cancer.

The nation-leading partnership will enable the Childhood Dementia Research Group at Fli...