2024 Bruges

The next 36th EACD Annual Meeting will take place in Bruges, Belgium, from May 29 until June 1, 2024

https://eacd2024.org/

An organizing committee welcomes you for a memorable, historic EACD meeting fully in keeping with its mission, supported by our longstanding Belgian experience with innovation in childhood-onset disability, privileged relationship with the European Institutions, and of course the assets of the city Bruges with its historical, cultural and culinary treasures

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Almost 900 participants joined in person the 35th EACD Annual Meeting in Ljubljana, the vibrant and green capital city of Slovenia, from 24-27 May 2023.

EACD-SCPE

The European Academy of Childhood Disability is proud to announce our strategic partnership with the Surveillance of Cerebral Palsy in Europe (SCPE) network! With the sets of goals in common, EACD and SCPE will strive to work together for the benefit of people with Cerebral Palsy in Europe.

COVID19 survey

Recent paper published in the Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine synthesizes existing evidence describing the impact of COVID-19 on people with disabilities, derived from surveys conducted across the globe. This project was conducted as part of the IAACD COVID-19 Task Force. https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-pediatric-rehabilitati…

AACPDM Lifespan

To promote and share evidence-based information about aging with childhood-onset disabilities the Lifespan Committee of the AACPDM is selecting recent literature focusing on lifespan care issues, including the transition to adult care, aging with a disability, and adult outcomes.

Committee members regularly comb through recent publications to identify and summarize articles they feel are highly relevant and impactful.

Their summaries are then posted here so that they can be easily accessed by providers and consumers in keeping up with recent research in this area.

webinar

Don't miss the free 4th Transatlantic surgery webinar "treatment of crouch gait", December 12 (2 pm CET).

https://t.co/vMYohtD9jN

Plain Language

Mac Keith Press is presenting Plain Language Summaries of selected Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology papers.

https://www.mackeith.co.uk/journal/plain-language-summaries/

By presenting the key findings and significance of a study in easy-to-understand language, the content becomes more accessible to a wider audience, such as individuals with disabilities, families, friends, journalists, policymakers, and professionals in different medical fields.

 	COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE

The IAACD Global Professional Education Committee (GPEC) is launching two virtual Communities of Practice (CoP) for people developing services for children with developmental disabilities and their families.

More info at https://iaacd.net/kh-home/community-of-practice/

 

Stop-Violence

Did you know that children with disability are 2.9 times more likely to suffer sexual violence?

Help put a stop to this by raising awareness and supporting accessible sex education

 

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The war in Ukraine due to the invasion by the Russian Army is having a devastating impact on the country's children with disabilities. Families are terrified, in shock, and desperate for safety. In conflict, children with disabilities are among the most vulnerable. They often require specialized treatment and services. Without access to services, schools and assistive products like wheelchairs, many children with disabilities face a very real risk of exclusion, neglect and stigmatization as the war continues.