The IASSIDD Health Issues Special Interest Research Group held an Annual General Meeting on July 8, 2021.
Here are the slides from the presentation at the meeting: Health SIRG Meet and Greet (1)
International Consensus Guidelines
We are pleased to be able to share with you our ‘International Consensus Guidelines: Reasonable Adjustments in the Management of Type 2 Diabetes in Adults with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities’.
EVENTS
The International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, in association with the International Association for Scientific Studies in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IASSIDD) Health, Challenging Behaviour and Mental Health, Ethics and IDD Special Interest Research Groups (SIRGs); the Developmental Disabilities Primary Care Program, Surrey Place Centre, Toronto; and Continuing Professional Development, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, conducted a series of three webinars for clinicians and researchers on COVID-19 and individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Recordings and materials from the webinars are available through the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine Continuing Professional Education website.
COVID-19 and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Health Research and Practice: https://www.cpd.utoronto.ca/covid19-resource/covid-19-and-idd-health-research-and-practice/
COVID-19 and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Mental Health Research and Practice: https://www.cpd.utoronto.ca/covid19-resource/covid-19-and-idd-challenging-behaviour-and-mental-health/
COVID-19 and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Ethics: https://www.cpd.utoronto.ca/covid19-resource/covid-19-and-intellectual-and-developmental-disabilities-ethics/
2019 Glasgow, Scotland – IASSIDD World Congress
2018 Athens, Greece – IASSIDD European Congress
2017 Belfast, Northern Ireland – Bridging the gap: from evidence to improved health for persons with IDD
2016 Melbourne – IASSIDD World Congress
2015 Los Angeles, USA – General meeting held at joint AADMD and Special Olympics Conference
2014 Vienna, Austria – IASSIDD European Congress
2013 Nijmegen, The Netherlands – Health Inequity: From Evidence to Action
2012 Halifax, Canada – IASSID World Congress
- 2011 Bethesda, NY, USA – General meeting held at joint US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Service, US Department of Health & Human Services and the Association of University Centers of Disabilities Conference
2010 Prato, Italy – Combined Roundtable of the IASSID Health Issues and Ageing SIRGs
2009 Kingston, Canada – International Collaboration to Improve the Health of Individuals with ID
2008 Cape Town, South Africa – IASSID World Congress
2007 Prato, Italy – Health SIRG Roundtable
2006 Maastricht, The Netherlands – IASSID European Congress
2005 Melbourne, Australia – Combined Roundtable of the IASSID Health Issues and Mental Health SIRGs
2004 Montpellier, France – IASSID World Congress
2003 Westchester, NY, USA
2002 Dublin, Ireland – IASSID European Congress
2001 Gothenburg, Sweden
2000 Seattle, USA – IASSID World Congress
1999 Manchester, England
1998 Leiden, The Netherlands
Documents and Newsletters
Newsletters
Archives
VISUAL IMPAIRMENT (Word Document, 67 Ko)
HEARING IMPAIRMENT (Word Document, 58 Ko)
2019/2020 Executive Members
Esther J. Bakker-van Gijssel, MD (ID-physician), PhD – Chair
Dept. of Primary and Community Care, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Academic Collaborative “Stronger on your own feet”, Siza, Residential Care Facility for People with Disabilities
Arnhem, The Netherlands
Email: esther.bakker-vangijssel@radboudumc.nl
Dr. Ir. Jenneken Naaldenberg, PhD – Co-Chair
Senior Researcher Intellectual Disabilities & Health, Radboud University Medical Centre, Academic Collaborative “Stronger on your own feet”
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Email: jenneken.naaldenberg@radboudumc.nl
Genevieve Breau, PhD –Secretary/Treasurer
Lecturer in Public Health, School of Human Sciences, University of Greenwich
London, United Kingdom
Email: G.Breau@gre.ac.uk
Hélène Ouellette-Kuntz, PhD – Member at Large
Professor, Dept. of Public Health Sciences, Queen’s University
Kingston, Ontario, CANADA
Reece Adams, B.OT Hon – Member at Large
Head, Centre for Developmental Disability Health – Monash Health
Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
Ashlyn Smith – Member at Large
Special Olympics International
Washington, DC, USA
Eva Flygare Wallen, PhD – Member at Large
Academic Primary Health Care Center, Stockholm County Council
Division of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Karolinska Institute
Stockholm, SWEDEN
Thessa Hilgenkamp, PhD – Member at Large
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physical Therapy, University of Nevada
Las Vega, NV, USA
Emily Lauer, MPH – Member at Large
Director, Center for Developmental Disabilities Evaluation and Research (CDDER)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, MA, USA
Bill Sullivan, MD, CCFP(COE), PhD – Member at Large & Chair of Local Organizing Committee
Associate Professor, Dept. of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto
Clinical Lead, Developmental Disabilities Primary Care Program, Surrey Place
Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
Laurence Taggart, RNID, PhD – Member at Large
Lead, Centre for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Ulster University
Northern Ireland
Henrietta Trip, RN, PhD – Member at Large
Senior Lecturer, Centre for Postgraduate Nursing Studies, University of Otago
Christchurch, New Zealand