EACD 2026 Awards Celebration Event (7 Oct 2026)

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT

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 2025 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 & Welcome

11:10 - 11:20 Dr. Carly Luke - The University of Queensland, Australia

Decoding Early Motor Behaviour: infant neuromotor trajectories across evidence-based tools predict neurodevelopmental outcomes at 2 years

11:20 - 11:30 Dr. Katarina Ostojic – University of Sydney, Australia

EPIC-CP: a pilot feasibility trial to address the unmet social needs of families of children with cerebral palsy

11:30 - 11:40 Sayak Chowdhury - ¹Reha-Fit Gesundheitszentrum, Physiotherapy, Bavaria, Germany; ²Asha Bevan Centre for Cerebral Palsy, Howrah, India;

Implementation of a community-based early detection program for infants at high risk of cerebral palsy in a low-middle income country

11:40 - 11:50 Dr. Ignacio Martínez-Caballero - Hospital Niño Jesús Madrid, Spain, Orthopedic Surgery, Madrid

EXPLORER: A Personal Exoskeleton for Families to Assist Children with Mobility Impairments in Home and Community Settings

11:50 - 12:00 Christina Esmann Fonvig & Dr. Gija Rackauskaite - Cerebral Palsy Follow-up Program (CPOP) / Aarhus University, Denmark

Multidisciplinary cross-sectoral collaboration improves quality of follow-up of children with cerebral palsy

12:00 - 12:10 Dr. Benjamin Pardowitz - RooWalk Mobility GmbH

Dynamic Gait Assistance: Enhancing Balance, Motion, and Independence

12:10 - 12:20 Melese Sinaga Teshome - Jimma, Ethiopia / Uhasselt

Effect of high-intensity motor learning and dietary supplementation on motor skill-related physical fitness in 5-7 years old children with moderate thinness living in Southwest, Ethiopia: a cluster-randomized controlled trial

12:20 - 12:30 Prof. Oliver Wendt - University of Potsdam, Faculty of Human Sciences, Cognitive and Emotional Disabilities, Germany; Purdue University, Department of Human Development and Family Science, USA

SPEAKall! and SPEAKvision! Research-based Mobile Applications for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) in Autism Spectrum Disorder

12:30 - 12:40 Manjula Manikandan & Dr. Grace Lavelle - Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, School of Physiotherapy, Dublin, Ireland

The prevalence of mental health difficulties and mental disorders among children with cerebral palsy

12:40 - 12:50 Lorenz Kiwull & Kirsten Eschermann - Paracelsus Medical University, Austria

Empowering Patients in Research: Insights from the World’s Largest SYNGAP1 Registry

12:50 - 13:00 Closing Remarks

EACD 2026 Awards Celebration Event TEST (7 Oct 2026)

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT

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

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EACD 2026 Awards Celebration Event (7 Oct 2026)

EACD 2026 Awards Celebration Event TEST (7 Oct 2026)