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...
The William Little Foundation, a medical research charity based in London, launched a major research review on "Cerebral Palsy: Causes and Prevention". Click here to download the review and access other useful resources
Deadline: 6th March 2020 (23:59 CET) EDF and Oracle have launched the fourth edition of our scholarship for students with disabilities studying in the field of Computer Science, Computer Engineering, User Experience, or related fields enrolled at a EU university for the academic year 2019-2020. The scholarship The scholarship consists of 6,500€ to be awarded based on a project or research that will be conducted during the academic year. The...
Author: An-Sofie Leenknecht Editors: Catherine Naughton, Marine Uldry, Marion Steff and Naomi Mabita Design editor: André Felix This toolkit has been developed by the European Disability Forum with the input from its members and e-mail expert group on refugees with disabilities. We would like to thank in particular the National Confederation of Disabled People Greece (ESAEA), European Network of Independent Living (ENIL) and its Swedish member...
Annual joint symposium of the Swiss Academy for Childhood Disability and the Swiss Neuropediatric Society Mittwoch 13. November 2019 13:00-18:30 Uhr Donnerstag 14. November 2019 08:30-17:00 Uhr Kantonsspital Aarau, Hörsaal, Haus 1 Simultanübersetzung Deutsch-Französisch-Deutsch am Donnerstag Anna Mueller Grocholski-Preis der SGNP und SACD 2019 am Donnerstag Read more>
"We are excited to welcome you to Anaheim for the combined 73rd American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM) Annual and 2nd Triannual International Alliance of Academies of Childhood Disability (IAACD) Meeting. The theme for the meeting is “Knowledge without Borders” which is an invitation to think outside of the box so we can come up with new problem-solving approaches through collective creativity and innovation....
You want to participate in this great party and parade at the top of the race for colors of Handi-Capable? Book your bibs here from August 10th. Attention there will be only 100 kits available! Read more >
