This year’s virtual conference theme is Disability Inclusion, Intersectionality, and Knowledge Translation, and will take place entirely online October 14, 16, and 18, 2024, 1–4 p.m. (Eastern Time), each day. There is no charge to submit, present, or attend. Please consider sharing your experience and submitting to present. The submission deadline is May 3, 2024, 12 midnight ET. This year’s programming will focus on how to ensure full and equitable inclusion in KT of people with disabilities from a wide range of disabilities. Let's also discuss how KT activities can address intersections of disability with and among gender/sexual orientation, racial/ethnic identity, socioeconomic background, rurality, religion and/or national origin. Inclusive strategies to promote uptake of findings thoughtfully address users' perspectives as understood from this intersectional lens. We welcome examination of any aspect of the full spectrum of research activities, whether focused research project design, implementation, dissemination, interpretation of findings or on strategies to promote uptake of its findings and measuring their impact. Presentations that themselves illustrate possible methods and tools to overcome ableism and privileging of the researcher’s voice are encouraged. What that looks like is including people with disabilities and other intended knowledge users as presenters or that share information […]

Children’s Healthcare Canada is hosting their annual conference from October 20-22, 2024, at the St. John's Convention Centre in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. This year's theme is Right-sizing Health Systems: Turning the Tide for Kids. A turning tide marks a radical change in course or direction or a complete reversal in terms of our thoughts, beliefs, or behaviors. The 2024 Co-Hosts are the Janeway Children's Hospital & Foundation. The Opening Keynote speaker is The Hon. Jane Philpott, Former Minister of Health and Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University. The conference convenes the child health community to share and learn from colleagues and thought leaders on issues of the day.

Pre-conference workshops on October 21 & 22 Conference from October 23 to 25 The Closing The Gap Conference is an annual assistive technology conference that presents an opportunity to deepen your assistive technology (AT) knowledge and strengthen your implementation strategies. The conference week is designed to dig deeper into critical areas that have the power, when implemented strategically, to transform your classroom, your school, your district, your practice. When you start thinking differently about how to reach ALL students, how to infuse technology into learning, how to leverage AT strategies in all areas – then we begin to transform these areas and ultimately increase achievement and independence.

The American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM) includes over 1,100 health professionals dedicated to advancing the health and well-being of all individuals with cerebral palsy and other childhood-onset disabilities. This year's conference will take place October 23-26, 2024 in Quebec City, with the theme “Translating Discovery”. This year we want to place special emphasis on the journey of discovery from the bench all the way to implementation into everyday clinical practice. Annual Meeting registration includes access to Morning Seminars, Mini Symposia, and Free Paper Sessions. Additional registration rates apply for the Pre-Conference Sessions held on Wednesday, October 23, 2024, and the Networking Gala Dinner on Friday, October 25, 2024.

Discover new technologies, opportunities, and creative ideas that support the power of AT (assistive technology) for your clients and families. The Assistive Technology Industry Association's ATIA 2025 education program is planned around nine strands to provide a balanced approach to explore the most important questions and issues facing AT professionals today, providing you the opportunity to focus on a specific area of interest or need: Aging & AT AT for Physical Access & Participation Augmentative & Alternative Communication Education & Learning: Early Intervention – 12/Higher Education Mainstream Accessible Technologies Transition & Workplace Accessibility Vision & Hearing Technologies Leadership Research Social Inclusion & User Perspectives Being offered as a hybrid in-person and virtual event, the full ATIA 2025 Virtual Event includes access to 80+ sessions including select sessions live streamed from the Orlando conference and additional recordings for on-demand viewing after the event. All live streamed sessions will be available for on-demand viewing through April 30, 2025.