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IASSIDD Academy Conducts 10 Workshops

The IASSIDD Academy conducted 10 pre-congress workshops as part of IASSIDD’s World Congress program in Glasgow, Scotland, August 6-9, 2019. The workshops were very successful, with 170 delegates attending. Excellent feedback was provided. The topics included interventions, research approaches, standards...

October 3, 2019

MOOC Course offered by UCT

UCT has launched a MOOC, the first of its kind. It aims to inform and empower parents, caregivers, therapists and others involved in working with a person with severe to profound intellectual disability by exploring what intellectual disability entails, learning...

September 30, 2019

2015

Amsterdam, The Netherlands – March / April 2015 Series of four lectures, sponsored by Disability Studies Nederland, an Academy Partner Organization 1. Ethical issues in disability studies 2. Lifespan issues in disability studies 3. Humour and disability 4. Arts-based research...

November 1, 2018

2016

Warsaw, Poland – November 25, 2016 Two lectures in conjunction with 1-day conference of the Polish Association for People with Intellectual Disabilities. 1. Implementation of Article 27 of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the...

November 1, 2018

The International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IASSIDD) is the first and only world-wide group dedicated to the scientific study of intellectual disability.

Founded in 1964 as the International Association for the Scientific Study of Mental Deficiency, IASSIDD is an international, interdisciplinary and scientific non-governmental organization which promotes worldwide research and exchange of information on intellectual disabilities.