'OUR TIME': 48th Annual ASID Conference

6 - 8 November 2013 

Sheraton on the Park

Sydney

Registration is now open for the 48th Annual Australian Society for Intellectual Disability (ASID) Conference, "OUR TIME". 

Take advantage of the early bird discount and register now Early Bird Registrations close 9th August

Call for abstracts is now open - consider submitting an abstract(s) in theme areas outlined. Abstract submission is due by the 4th May

We encourage you to please distribute this call for abstracts as widely as possible.

Keynote speakers include:

• Robert Strike: President, Self Advocacy Sydney and Director, NSW Council for Intellectual Disability.
• Sarah Butler: Vice Treasurer, Self Advocacy Sydney.
• Angela Novak Amado: PhD, University of Minnesota’s Institute on Community Integration.
• Sue Read: PhD, Professor of Learning Disability Nursing, Head of Research, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Keele University.
• Eric Emerson: PhD, Professor of Disability & Health Research at the Centre for Disability Research, Lancaster University, UK and Co-Director of the English specialist Public Health Observatory on intellectual disabilities. Professor of Disability Population Health at the Centre for Disability Research and Policy at the University of Sydney. 
• Keith McVilly: PhD, Associate Professor, Principal Research Fellow, School of Psychology, Deakin University, Australia.
• Trevor Parmenter: AM PhD, Professor Emeritus in Sydney Medical School, and Honorary Professor Faculty of Education & Social Work and Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney. Adjunct Professor, School of Rural Medicine, University of New England.
• Michael Wehmeyer PhD, Professor of Special Education; Director, Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities; and Associate Director, Beach Center on Disability with expertise in disability and education related issues

More information and links to online registration can be found at the 'Our Time' conference website.