2020 IASSIDD Abstracts | MAPS Research

Call for Abstracts Poster for 2020 IASSIDD Conference

Abstract submissions are now open for the 2020 IASSIDD Health Special Interest Research Group Conference! The event will raise awareness, increase knowledge and connect policy and practice to improve the health of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

For more information, visit www.iassiddhealthsirg2020.com.

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2020 IASSIDD Abstracts
November 28, 2019

Abstract submissions are now open for the 2020 IASSIDD Health Special Interest Research Group Conference! The event will raise awareness, increase knowledge and connect policy and practice to improve the health of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. For more information, visit www.iassiddhealthsirg2020.com. View Post
IASSIDD Health SIRG in Canada
November 12, 2019

Save the date! The Annual IASSIDD Health Special Interest Research Group Conference is coming back to Canada 🍁 On June 16-17, 2020, join us for a rare opportunity to hear from international experts in intellectual and developmental disabilities. Whether you’re a health care professional, developmental service provider, academic faculty, researcher or student in health care discipline, or a caregiver, this event is for you. We hope to see you all there! For more information, visit www.iassiddhealthsirg2020.com. View Post
Webinar - Intersectoral collaboration
November 01, 2019

MAPS researchers will be presenting a webinar on November 19th 2019 about intersectoral collaboration and its role in supporting adults with IDD who are frail! The webinar will provide information on frailty among adults with IDD, principles and recommendations to guide action on frailty, and key elements of effective intersectoral collaboration. Attendees will also have the opportunity to provide valuable feedback during this interactive webinar! If you’re interested, register for the webinar at this link: Read More View Post
Beatrice Suero - MSc Defence
October 01, 2019

Congratulations to Beatrice Suero who successfully defended her MSc practicum project at Queen’s University in Kingston titled “Optimal time for primary care follow-up after hospitalization – older adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD)”. Beatrice’s research used health administrative data for over 6500 adults with IDD across Ontario held at ICES. A summary of her findings will be available shortly! View Post
Eve Deck and Amy Choi - Further Education
September 16, 2019

Former MAPS trainees are beginning higher education this fall! Eve Deck has recently begun studies at the Michael G DeGroote School of Medicine at McMaster University. Amy Choi is also pursuing post-graduate education at the University of Toronto in their Doctor of Pharmacy program. MAPS wishes the best to both in their future endeavours! View Post
IASSIDD 2019 World Congress Posters
September 09, 2019

MAPS members and trainees presented for delegates from across the world at the IASSIDD 2019 World Congress in Glasgow, UK in August 2019. Hélène Ouellette-Kuntz presented surprising results of a project examining readmission rates of older adults with IDD and its relationship with primary care follow-up after a hospitalization. Tori Barabash presented the examination of care plans for older adults with IDD within community-based organizations in Ontario in the context of the international consensus statement Read More View Post
AGE-WELL Catalyst and New Frontiers Grant
July 23, 2019

Congratulations to Virginie Cobigo (Principal investigator) and Rosemary Lysaght (Co-researcher) on receiving the AGE-WELL Catalyst grant and New Frontiers grant. Through the AGE-WELL grant, they will be developing a social enterprise that will employ and train persons with cognitive disabilities to provide a suite of services, in French and English, to technology developers (academics and private industry, including start-ups), accessibility professionals (i.e., offering accessibility consulting and assessment), caregivers, as well as policymakers. Through the New Read More View Post
Tori Barabash - Travel Awards
July 09, 2019

Congratulations to Tori Barabash who received a Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) - Institute Community Support Travel Award and an IASSIDD Travel Award to attend the 2019 World Congress of the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities held in Glasgow this August. She will be presenting her findings on how existing care plans for individuals with IDD who are frail or pre-frail follow the frailty consensus statement recommendations and which areas should be focuses Read More View Post
New study examines cancer among adults with IDD
July 05, 2019

Hélène Ouellette-Kuntz is collaborating with researchers from Manitoba and Ontario to study cancer burden and outcomes for Canadians living with IDD. The 4-year project led by Dr. Alyson Mahar at the University of Manitoba and funded by CIHR will rely on health administrative data held in the two provinces. The goal is to determine whether or not Canadians living with IDD are more likely than Canadians who do not have IDD to be diagnosed with Read More View Post
Beatrice Suero - New Trainee
July 15, 2019

Beatrice Suero is a student in the MSc Biostatistics program at Queen’s University. She is working on an aging-related project entitled “Optimal time for primary care follow-up after hospitalization – older adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.” Stay tuned for results expected in September! View Post