After 16 months of consultation with patients and families, experts and policy makers, Health Standards Organization (HSO) releases its revised IDD standard. MAPS researchers Hélène Ouellette-Kuntz and Lynn Martin contributed to this work. Read more here: http://bit.ly/2Ape2W0
Hélène Ouellette-Kuntz featured in Health Standards Organization (HSO)’s Newsletter for her role as co-chair of the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Services Technical Committee: http://bit.ly/2zB6j7a
On September 22, 2017, Hélène Ouellette-Kuntz and Lynn Martin will be holding a speaker series in Toronto, speaking about their research on the changes experienced by home care users with IDD. For more details, see http://bit.ly/2vxKYds.
Dr. Hélène Ouellette-Kuntz and Dr. Lynn Martin will work with OPADD, Reena and Mary Centre on a MCSS Modernization Grant. This project will put into practice their research on aging and frailty with IDD through a pilot of the frailty index. Read more here: http://bit.ly/2w9EmgU
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Hélène Ouellette-Kuntz and Dr. Lynn Martin have officially joined Health Standards Organization (HSO) as members of the Developmental Disabilities Technical Committee.
They will help drive the standards development process and ensure that all points of view relating to a standard revision are represented. This HSO Technical Committees includes an individual with a disability, families, service providers, and researchers. For more information: www.hso.world
Helene Ouellette-Kuntz will be holding a workshop on supporting frail adults with IDD in Belfast, Ireland this June. Conference details are unfortunately no longer available.
A recent study led by Hélène Ouellette-Kuntz presents two epidemiological approaches to estimate changes in the size of the older adult population with IDD in Ontario. Both methods project an increase. One method suggests a moderate increase (20.5%) while the other method suggests a small increase (4.1% to 8.4%). Full study available here: http://bit.ly/2ibULMj
Hélène Ouellette-Kuntz to comment on Jonathan Weiss’ study entitled “Prospective Examination of Special Olympics Sport Retention in Ontario” today at Sport Canada Research Initiative Conference in Gatineau. Read more about the study at http://bit.ly/2eYIAnf.
Hélène Ouellette-Kuntz was among 8 outstanding researchers from 5 countries named fellow of the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IASSIDD) at the Association’s 15th World Congress held in Melbourne, Australia this past summer. Fellowship in IASSIDD is granted to those recognized by peers in the Association for outstanding contributions in the field of IDD. Since 1996, 116 researchers from 21 countries have been named fellows. Only 8 Canadians hold the title.
Dr. Hélène Ouellette-Kuntz shared work on aging and IDD with researchers, service providers and policy makers in New South Wales, Australia. Video available here: bit.ly/2cbd4g0
