EACD 2026 Awards Celebration Event!
When: 7 October 2026, 11:00-13:00h CEST (Brussels time)
Where: Online
As part of EACD's mission and strategy to celebrate excellence in research for the benefit of people with childhood-onset disabilities, we are planning the EACD 2026 Award Celebration Event on Wednesday October 7th, 11:00-13:00h CEST. During this online event we will give the platform to the EACD 2026 award winners to give a 10-min presentation (including a few min for Q&A) to the EACD community about their work that was awarded.
This event is free for EACD members. Non-members can attend for a fee of 10 euros.
Event outline (timings in CEST):
11:00–11:10 — Opening and Welcome
11:10–11:20 — Ingrid Sutherland
The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
Beyond routine parental responsibility: Parent experience with respite care for children with physical and intellectual disabilities and medically complex cares
11:20–11:30 — Eline Alons
Amsterdam UMC, The Netherlands
Development and Validation of MyCommunication-Children: A new item bank to measure communicative participation
11:30–11:40 — Ellen Van Wonterghem
KU Leuven, Belgium
Data reduction from mobile instrumented assessment of impaired trunk control in individuals with dyskinetic cerebral palsy
11:40–11:50 — Dorinde L. Korteling
Amsterdam UMC, The Netherlands
Development of a core patient reported outcome (measures) set for pediatric physical therapy
11:50–12:00 — Ailbhe McGowan
Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland
Rights in Rural Ireland: A Critical Policy Analysis on Access to Health and Social Care for Children with Disabilities
12:00–12:10 — Idoia Gandarias Mendieta
Pitxuflitos Neurorehabilitation Clinic, Spain
Improving Radiographic Accuracy in Neuromuscular Scoliosis: The Xray Sitting Device (XSD)
12:10–12:20 — Natalie Antonacci
Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, Canada
Evolving Feeding Challenges in Preterm-Born Children: Early Detection, Family Impact, and Developmental Trajectories
12:20–12:30 — Rosalie Dostie
Université de Sherbrooke, Canada
Colonial structures, fragmented systems: Understanding service access for First Nations Children in Canada
12:30–13:00 — Joint Discussion and Closing Remarks
