The ICPS Executive Committee approved the membership applications of three new organisational members today 9 February 2022: Cerebral Palsy Canada Network CP Nederland Regional Alliance for Cerebral Palsy, Serbia We welcome all three to the ICPS family and look forward to working with them.
Due to the ongoing uncertainty regarding COVID-19 and the associated restrictions to international travel in 2021, the CPISRA International Conference on Physical Activity and Health for People with Cerebral Palsy or Acquired Brain Injury (2021 CPISRA International Conference) is going virtual from 8 -11 December 2021. Visit www.cpisraconference.com
At its AGM on 15 November 2022, the International Cerebral Palsy Society confirmed the election of Gopi Kitnasamy (Sri Lanka) and Bronya Metherall (Australia) as new members of its Executive Committee. They replace John Coughlan (Luxembourg) and Joaquim Alvarelhão (Portugal), who were appointed Secretary General and Assistant Secretary General respectively. At its inaugural meeting following the AGM, the Executive Committee elected Nonyelum...
ICPS is proud to be a partner of CP Alliance and many organisations around the world that mark World Cerebral Palsy Day on 6 October. World CP Day reminds us that no fewer than 17 million people around the globe live with cerebral palsy. Each of them has an individual profile with their own specific abilities and needs. This is why - as the slogan puts it - there are “millions of reasons” to celebrate World CP Day and recognise the...
As the Tokyo Paralympic Games 2020 begin, the International Cerebral Palsy Society salutes all the athletes with cerebral palsy and other disabilities who will compete to show the world at their best. We send a special message of support to all those associated with our member organisations around the world. ICPS is also proud to support the #WeThe15 campaign being launched by the International Paralympic Committee, the International...
ICPS member organisation CP Lanka Foundation is promoting an innovative and award-winning app to help children with cerebral palsy and other disabilities. The app was developed in response to the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, when in-person consultations and therapy sessions were not possible. Its invaluable tele-therapy services will continue to benefit people with CP, their families and professionals long after the pandemic is over,...
We are honoured to welcome two prestigious French Organizations as Organizational Members of ICPS. Fondation Paralysie Cérébrale Alain Chatelin, Chairman of the Board (https://www.fondationparalysiecerebrale.org/ ) The Fondation Paralysie Cérébrale – it is a recognized public-interest organization (Fondation reconnue d’intérêt public par le décret du 4 juillet 2006)- aims to promote and support research on Cerebral Palsy, and works...
The EACD 2021 Scientific Committee invites you to submit your abstracts for an oral communication and/or e-poster presentation until January 31st, 2021, 23:59 Central European Time (CET). Click here to go directly to our EACD Europe 2021 Abstract Submission Tool Key dates: - 1 December 2020: Opening Call for Abstracts - 31 January 2021: Abstract Submission deadline - 15 March 2021: Notification to submitting authors - 1 April 2021:...
ICPS held an online panel discussion on “The Impact of Covid-19 on People with Cerebral Palsy: Testimonies from Around the World” in connection with its Annual General Meeting on 22 January 2021. The panellists represented countries on four different continents: Argentina, France, Nigeria and Sri Lanka. Each panellist either had CP themselves or was the parent of a child with CP. Their contributions described the particular challenges posed...
At its Annual General Meeting on 22 January 2021, ICPS confirmed the election of two new members of its Executive Committee: - Silvina Eckhardt, President, Fundación Obligado, Buenos Aires, Argentina - Nonyelum Nweke, Executive Director, Cerebral Palsy Center, Lagos, Nigeria The AGM also approved the nomination of Laurent Junier (Switzerland), outgoing Vice-Chair of ICPS, as a Life Member of the Society in recognition of his longstanding...
