The European Academy of Childhood-onset Disability (EACD) is founded in 1989, and was formally registered as a Charity organisation in the United Kingdom in November 1992 until May 2023. In October 2021, EACD was registered as an international not-for-profit association located in Belgium.
EACD is a multidisciplinary, welcoming, constructive academy, whose members consist of like-minded individuals who want to build together a better future for people with childhood-onset disabilities. Education, ethics and social commitment are of paramount importance to EACD, bridging cultural, societal, economical, and lingual differences across the entire European region for the benefit of people with childhood-onset disabilities.
EACD Chairs
1989-2000: Brian Neville, United Kingdom
2000-2008: Martin Bax, United Kingdom
2008-2014: Hans Forssberg, Sweden
2014-2020: Giovanni Cioni, Italy
2020-2023: Arnab Seal, United Kingdom
2023-now: Bernard Dan, Belgium
EACD Secretaries (since 2004)
2004-2009: Mijna Hadders-Algra, The Netherlands
2009-2012: Leena Haataja, Finland
2012-2018: Arnab Seal, United Kingdom
2018-2024: Elegast Monbaliu, Belgium
2024-now: Erika Cloodt, Sweden
EACD Treasurers (since 2004)
2004-2011: Paul Gorham, United Kingdom
2011-2017: Jenny Carroll, United Kingdom
2017-2023: Therese Millar, United Kingdom
2023-now: Anina Ritterband-Rosenbaum, Denmark
EACD GMC Members (since 2007)
Elected members:
2007-2011: Eva Brogren-Carlberg, Sweden
2007-2011: Lindsay Pennington, United Kingdom
2008-2011: Carmen Matey, Spain
2008-2011: Vlatka Mejaski-Bošnjak, Croatia
2010-2014: Giovanni Cioni, Italy
2011-2016: Nicola Jolleff, United Kingdom
2011-2017: Bernard Dan, Belgium
2014-2017: Guro Andersen, Norway
2017-2018: Elegast Monbaliu, Belgium
2016-2022: Lorna Wales, United Kingdom
2017-2023: Elisabet Rodby-Bousquet, Sweden
2022-2024: Jackie Casey, United Kingdom
2019-now: Jeroen Vermeulen, The Netherlands
2023-now: Giuseppina Sgandurra, Italy
Co-opted members:
2007-2008: Giovanni Cioni, Italy (Chair of Scientific Committee)
2008-2013: Rainer Blank, Germany (Chair of Scientific Committee)
2013-2018: Bernard Dan, Belgium (Chair of Scientific Committee)
2018-2023: Christopher Newman, Switzerland (Chair of Scientific Committee)
2023-now: Annemieke Buizer, The Netherlands (Chair of Scientific Committee)
2011-2012: Lluis Farres Spain (parent representative)
2012-2022: Alain Chatelin, France (parent representative)
2022-now: Teresa Mano da Costa, Portugal (Families & Users' Forum Coordinator)
2022-now: Niek De Taeye, Belgium (Families & Users' Forum Coordinator)
2011-now: Oleh Kachmar, Ukraine (Edu.EACD webmaster)
2018-now: Bernard Dan, Belgium (DMCN Editor-in-Chief)
2020-2024: Sylvain Brochard, France (Lead of Technology & Innovation Task Force)
2024-now: Elegast Monbaliu, Belgium (Lead of Technology & Innovation Task Force)
2023-now: Arnab Seal, United Kingdom (IAACD representative)
2024-now: Lorna Wales, United Kingdom (Deputy GMC Member & Communication Officer)
EACD Meeting Presidents (since 2007)
2007: Mijna Hadders-Algra, The Netherlands
2008: Vlatka Mejaski-Bošnjak, Croatia
2009: Dainius Puras, Lithuania
2010: Bernard Dan, Belgium
2011: Enrico Castelli, Italy
2012: Meral Topçu, Turkey
2013: Lindsay Pennington, United Kingdom
2014: Friedrich Brandstetter, Austria
2015: Jens Bo Nielsen, Denmark
2016: Ann-Christin Eliasson, Sweden
2017: Jules Becher, The Netherlands
2018: Nana Tatishvili, Georgia
2019: Sylvain Brochard, France
2020: Marek Jozwiak, Poland
2021: Christopher Newman, Switzerland
2022: Mercedes Martinez Moreno
2023: Katja Groleger Srsen
2024: Elegast Monbaliu, Belgium
2025: Rainer Blank, Germany
2026: Hazel Killeen, Ireland
2027: Maria Pyrgeli, Greece