IASSIDD Board 2025-2026
| BOARD DIRECTORS | ROLE |
| Professor Angus Buchanan | President and Board Chair Governance |
| Professor Laurent Taggart | Deputy President Partnerships |
| Dr Angela Henderson | Secretary |
| Professor Colleen Adnams | Treasurer Congress Portfolio (interim) |
| Professor Peter Langdon | Journal Portfolio Policy Portfolio |
| Kayla Kostal | Membership Communications |
| A/Professor Mindy Scheithauer | Special Interest Research
Groups (SIRGS) |
| Professor Ivan Brown | Membership angela |
| Professor Angela Hassiotis | Academy |
| Professor Alice Schippers | Congresses |
Angus Buchanan
Australia
a.buchanan@curtin.edu.au
Colleen Adnams
South Africa
colleen.adnams@uct.ac.za
Angela Henderson
Scotland
angela.henderson@glasgow.ac.uk
Ivan Brown
Canada
ivan.brown@live.ca
Alice Schippers
Netherlands
alice.schippers@tiscali.nl
Kayla Kostal
Canada
Peter Langdon
UK
Mindy Scheithauer
United States
Laurence Taggart
Northern Ireland
Special Interest Research Group Representatives
Aging and Intellectual Disabilities
Chair – Philip McCallion
United States of America
mcclion@albany.edu
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Co-Chair – Ewelina Rydzewska
Scotland
ewelina.rydzewska@glasgow.ac.uk
Co-Chair – Yasamin Bolourian
United States
ybolo002@ucr.edu
Challenging Behaviour and Mental Health
Co-chair – Peter Langdon
United Kingdom
P.E.Langdon@kent.ac.uk
Co-chair – Mindy Scheithauer
United States
mindy.scheithauer@choa.org
Comparative Policy and Practice
Chair – Christine Linehan
Republic of Ireland
christine.linehan@ucd.ie
Down Syndrome
Chair – Rhonda Faragher
Australia
r.faragher@uq.edu.au
Ethics & Intellectual Disability
Co-Chair – Petra Bjorne
Sweden
petra.bjorne@malmo.se
Co-Chair- Ruth Northway
United Kingdom
ruth.northway@southwales.ac.uk
Families
Co-chair – Sandy Magana
United States
maganas@uic.edu
Co-chair – Sarah Dababnah
United States
sdababnah@ssw.umaryland.edu
Health Issues
Co-Chair – Esther Bakker-vanGijssel
Netherlands
Esther.Bakker-vanGijssel@radboudumc.nl
Co-Chair – Jenneken Naaldenberg
Netherlands
Jenneken.Naaldenberg@radboudumc.nl
Inclusive Education
Co-Chair – Tobias Buchner
Austria
tobias.buchner@univie.ac.at
Co-Chair – Deidre Corby
Republic of Ireland
deirdre.corby@dcu.ie
Inclusive Research
Chair – Fionn Angus
Ireland
Fionn.CrombieAngus@dspg.uk
Assistant to the Chair – Jonathan Angus
Ireland
fionnathan.productions@gmail.com
Parenting with Intellectual Disability
Chair – Marjorie Aunos
Canada
maunos.crom@ssss.gouv.qc.ca
Profound Multiple Disabilities
Chair – Bea Maes
Belgium
bea.maes@kuleuven.be
Quality of Life
Co-Chair – Meaghan Edwards
Canada
meaghan.edwards@ucalgary.ca
Co-chair – Keith McVilly
Australia
keith.mcvilly@unimelb.edu.au
Governance Committee
Tony Holland, M.D., Cambridge University (UK)
Mary McCarron, Ph.D., Trinity College Dublin (Republic of Ireland)
Germain Weber, Ph.D., University of Vienna (Austria)
Bruce Tonge, M.D., Monash University (Australia)
Jennifer Zarcone, Ph.D., The May Institute (USA)
Michael Guralnick, PhD., University of Washington (USA)
Membership Committee
Jennifer Zarcone, The May Institute, US – Chair
Yasamin Bolourian, University of California Riverside, US
Peter Langdon, University of Warwick, UK
Sui Sone, Tokyo Metropolitan Higashiyamato Medical Center for Persons with Developmental/Multiple Disabilities, Japan
Keith McVilly, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Marco Lombardi, Hogeschool Gent, Belguim
Academy
Angela Hassiotis – Academy Director
United Kingdom
a.hassiotis@ucl.ac.uk
Journal Editors
Rhonda Faragher – JPPID Co-Editor
Australian Catholic University, Australia
r.faragher@uq.edu.au
Laurence Taggart – JPPID Co-Editor
Ulster University, United Kingdom
l.taggart@ulster.ac.uk
Professor Vaso Totsika – JIDR Editor
United Kingdom
v.totsika@ucl.ac.uk