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Wednesday, 29 July 2026

11:00–12:00

Room 01

Building networks for inclusive child protection (Ursula Böing, 128)
(Child) Protection Policies in research – An important prerequisite for inclusive methodologies (Sabine Schaeper, 325)
Inclusive capacity building for people with intellectual disabilities preparing for volunteering in palliative care (Sabine Schaeper, 350)
Breaking the Cycle of Perennial Pilots: How AllPlay is Achieving Sustainable Inclusion Across Three Countries Through Triple Logic (Nicole Rinehart, 291)

Room 02

Autistic People and their Families: Calls to the Police (Glynis Murphy, 527)
ADHD and Intellectual Disability: Psychiatric Comorbidity, Treatment, and Outcomes from UK Dataset Analyses (Bhathika Perera, 152)
From SEED to Social Robots: Technology-Supported Emotional Development Diagnostics (Mareike Müller-Cleve, 486)
Working memory and aided AAC display design options for children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities (Nina Römer, 39)

Room 03: Technology Workshop

Facilita: An AI-Assisted Tool to Support Simple Text Production (Alfonso Fergusson, 286)

Room 04

Using Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Programme Planning Capabilities for Adults with Moderate to Severe Intellectual Disabilities in Singapore (Avisenna Gusta, 114)
Digital Lifeline: A follow up study exploring the impact of the distribution of new digital devices during the Covid-19 pandemic on the lives of people with intellectual disabilities (Sue Caton, 165)
Inclusivity Assessment of Governmental Mobile Application from the Perspective of Individuals with Developmental Disabilities (Yeeun Jeong, 203)
Development of an Employment-Supporting AI Agent for People with Disabilities: Qualitative Research Findings (Shirli Werner, 252)

Room 05

Peer Interactions between Students with and without Intellectual Disabilities Using the Avatar Robot OriHime in Japan (Satoko Takano, 392)
Securing human rights for people with ID in the emerging world. Are there risks that AI will bake in paternalism? (Vidette Turner, 408)

Room 06: Technology Workshop

Real-Time Inclusion: Co-Leading Inclusive Practice Through Lived Experience in Higher Education. (Ian Coleman Horgan, 354)

Room 07: Technology Workshop

Understanding emotional development in people with autism: what professionals find difficult and how it can be improved (Els Ronsse, 410)

Room 08: Technology Workshop

AI and Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Potential Impacts on Communication and Connection with current Prototypes (Sabine Kupke, 465)

Room 09: Round Table

Assisted Autonomy in Medicine: Ambivalences, Ethical Tensions, and Digital Support Options for People with Intellectual Disabilities (Christoph Karlheim, 361)

Room 10: Technology Workshop

Difficult decisions – shared solutions: People with and without intellectual disabilities solve ethical questions together (presented in German) (Corinne Wohlgensinger, 310)

15:30–16:30

Poster Session 1

Using Accessible Methods to Explore Autistic Perspectives on School Anxiety in Specialist Education (Sandra Martin, 96)
Teaching an Athletics Discipline to a Young Adult with Autism and Catatonia: A Behavioral Intervention to Learn Vortex Throwing (Giovanni Luigi Becca, 102)
Pilot test of the expanded SDI:SR for autistic youth following a Delphi process (Clara Andrés-Gárriz, 168)
Challenges in Assessing Self-Determination in Autism: Empirical Evidence from the Use of the AUTODDIS Scale (Clara Andrés-Garriz, 198)
Review of International Research on Autistic Individuals’ Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation (Yelin Kim, 249)
Pupil Support Assistants Supporting Children with Autism: A Scoping Review of Roles, Experiences and Professional Development Needs (Aslican Serce, 389)
Mutual Support, Cooperation and Collaboration among Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Preliminary Findings from a Study Conducted in Poland (Tomasz Gosztyła, 424)
The Effects of a Digital Tool–Based Person-Centered Planning (PCP) Program on Spontaneous Self-Expression, Engagement Behaviors, and Self-Determination of a Student with Autism: A Case Study (Hyewon Jin, 457)
Experiences with Shared Decision-Making in Psychotropic Medication Use of People with Intellectual Disabilities: A Multi-Stakeholder View (Gerda de Kuijper, 93)
Structured Medication Review and Shared Decision-Making in Patients with Mild Intellectual Disability who Use Psychotropic Medication (Gerda de Kuijper, 94)
Empowering Connections: Interpersonal Emotion Regulation as a Key to Managing Challenging Behaviors in Individuals with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) (Elena Rimoldi, 159)
Mental Health Interventions for Autistic Individuals in South Korea: A Systematic Review (Yeeun Jeong, 188)
Internalising symptoms and self-injurious behaviours in autistic adults with severe intellectual disabilities (Arvid Nikolai Kildahl, 197)
Wearable Biocueing for Aggressive Challenging Behavior in People With Mild Intellectual Disabilities: A Nonconcurrent Multiple-Baseline Single-Case Experimental Study (Sanne de Baaij, 219)
A concept for treatment and support based on the emotional development approach (Daniel Völker, 295)
Asking the Right Questions: Co-designing a guided interview tool to assess symptoms of mental illness in individuals with intellectual disability (Katie Brooker, 331)
Real.Time in Practice: Interdisciplinary Outpatient Mental Health Services for Persons With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (Stacy-Ann Hylton, 337)
Preterm birth, adaptive competencies, and behaviour: Propensity-score analyses in the German SOEP (Alexandru Agache, 374)
Men with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities and harmful sexual behaviour: a randomised controlled trial of a group CBT intervention (Glynis Murphy, 530)
After the COVID-19 pandemic: staff and front-line managers on the long-term impact on people with intellectual disabilities living in Swedish group homes (Veronica Lövgren, 124)
Personal Assistance in Europe: A Cross-National Policy Analysis (Laura García-Domínguez, 153)
Shaping Inclusive Futures in Real Time (conference theme): "A Pilot Leadership Program Advancing Comparative Policy and Practice for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities" (Narelle Henry, 289)
Housing as a Home, Not a House: Service Providers’ Perspectives on Supported Living for Individuals with Severe Developmental Disabilities (SeoJin Lee, 482)
The Labor Market Effects of Subminimum Wage Elimination for People with Disabilities (Michelle Yin, 505)
A comparison of working memory abilities between children with intellectual disability with non-specific aetiology and children with Down syndrome in schools for intellectual development in Germany (Markus Scholz, 46)
An innovative model of health care for people with Down syndrome: Insights from an Australian specialist clinic and its approach to Down Syndrome Regression Disorder (Melanie Johnston, 336)
Down syndrome in British perinatal care: Fathers' experiences of support in relation to prenatal testing and diagnosis (Tamar Rutter, 444)
Indigenous Students with Intellectual Disabilities and Self-Determination: A Person-Centred Qualitative Study in Eastern Taiwan (PEI JU LIN, 221)
Building Better Questions: Towards Valid and Inclusive Assessment Frameworks in Intellectual Disability Research (Catriona Windsor, 380)
SELF-DETERMINATION AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY IN LATIN AMERICA: A SCOPING REVIEW OF CONCEPTS, METHODS, AND GAPS (Mariângela Castilho Uchoa de Oliveira, 419)
"Nothing about us without us!" – This also applies to palliative care. (Sibylla Strolz, 462)
"I Was Sexually Assaulted When I Was Institutionalised": From Segregated Boarding School to Disability Rights Activism (Chia-Hsin Ariel Chiang, 489)
Supporting parental well-being in public services in developmental disabilities: social validity and implementation of the E-PAtS program (Mélina Boulé, 233)
The French Version of the DABS: an IRT analysis (Claudio Straccia, 226)
Adaptive competence in child/youth with intellectual disability (Pia Bienstein, 558)
Inclusion and Isolation: Exploring the Disparity in Experiences of Belonging for Youth with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Middle and High Schools (Emilee Fackelmann, 99)
The Effects of iPad-Supported Subitizing Instruction on Addition Fluency in Children with Intellectual Disabilities (Ömer Faruk Gönen, 400)
Gamified Movement Support for Children with Disabilities: AI-Based Pose Recognition in a Physical Activity Support Game (Tomohito Yamazaki, 436)
Inclusion of Preschool Children with SEN in Regular Classrooms: Parents' and Professionals' Opinions in Slovenia (Majda Schmidt, 560)
Hearing From YOU: Research Opportunities for People with Learning Disabilities (The HOLD study) (Charlotte Fernando, 43)
Advancing Inclusive Research Through Evidence: Evaluation of a Training Program for Co-Researchers with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (Laura Esteban, 224)
Music-Based Interventions for All? A Secondary Analysis of Inclusion and Participation in Research Involving Individuals with Intellectual Disability (Lucia von Damnitz, 236)
Unplugged First: Computational Thinking for inclusive mathematics and technology learning through Inclusive Research with persons with IDD (Francesca Granone, 342)
The impact of PPI engagement in research – a case study of a PPI panel of individuals with intellectual disabilities. (Iara Faria Synott, 355)
Everyday life in supported housing in the perspective of the residents with intellectual disabilties (Sonja Miettinen, 367)
Why registering intellectual disability in general practice matters; experiences and perceptions from Dutch primary care. (Jip Jansen, 373)
Recognising Expertise Through Employment: Lived Experience in Academic Projects (Therese Hennessy, 427)
A Guideline for Supporting Actors with Disabilities in Japan: Its Role in the Emergence of Inclusive Casting in the Entertainment Industry (Miho Omura, 496)
A Space to Grow Together: How the University Helps Young People with Lived Experience and Their Parents Speak Up (Lenka Pejšová Mouleová, 517)
Experiences and Support Needs of Service Providers Delivering Integrated Care for Individuals with Profound Developmental Disabilities (Yu Ji Jeon, 435)
Encounters in the community: Opportunities, facilitators and barriers in different types of behavior settings (Friedrich Dieckmann, 100)
Exploratory study on the adoption and acceptance of smart health trackers to detect epileptic seizures in persons with intellectual disabilities (PwIDs) (Karmun Chong, 51)
What research do we need to do next about intellectual disabilities, community organisations, and digital exclusion? (Kris Southby, 162)
Learning to become a digital skills tutor: experiences of adults with intellectual disabilities (Lotta Aavikko, 296)
Technology workshop: Enabling privacy-friendly research with pseudonymized textual reports from disability care (Pim van Oirschot, 375)
Collaborative Development of an Adverse Event Reporting Dashboard (Grace Mellor, 384)
Civic Empowerment of Students with Mild Intellectual Disabilities:Using Generative AI to Support Information Access and Decision-Making (Kazuyuki Kuroda, 426)
Artificial Intelligence in Education for Students with Intellectual Disabilities in Japan: Current Issues and Challenges (Asuka Yamaguchi, 441)

Thursday, 30 July 2026

10:30–12:00

Room 01

Shaping a future free from exploitation: recognising, preventing and responding to the exploitation of people with intellectual disabilities' (Rachael Clawson, 490)
Healthy Ageing and Intellectual Disabilities Cohort Study: 18 Years of Insights and Impact (Alyt Oppewal, 131)
Joy, love, or restricting practices: Gestalt Language Processing and Natural Language Acquisition approaches and clinical implications guiding evidence-informed practice. (Bronwyn Hemsley, 172)
A participatory approach: Expanding movement options for people with profound and multiple disability in everyday life (Vera Tillmann, 308)
'Knowing the Person' in the context of profound intellectual disability: A Concept Analysis (Anne-Marie Martin, 340)
Social Integration Over Learning Outcomes? A Qualitative Analysis of Teachers' Conceptions of High-Quality Schooling for Students with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities (Simon Baumann, 359)

Room 02

Loneliness in the lives of people with so-called intellectual disabilities – A participatory approach (Erik Weber, 130)
"Facilitated Communication has been a traumatising journey for me and my family": Learning from Lived Experiences of Harm to Protect the Communication Rights of Minimally- or Non-Speaking Individuals with Intellectual Disability (Bronwyn Hemsley, 390)
Experiences of the transition period and process – insights from young people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and their families in the Czech Republic (Julie Beadle-Brown, 439)
FACILITATORS OF SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION: EXPERIENCES OF YOUNG PEOPLE, FAMILIES AND TEACHERS (Jan Šiška, 459)
Transition outcomes for young people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the Czech Republic – Life after school (Sarka Kanova, 475)
Participatory Arts-based techniques as a tool for conveying life stories and promoting positive expectations and attitudes. (Julie Beadle-Brown, 512)

Room 03: Accessible Panel

Adapting to Changing Needs: Caregivers' Challenges, Strategies, and Implications for Supporting Individuals with ID and OCD (Lena Grüter, 212)
The Right Direction – Supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to participate in developing their behaviour support plans (KAREN NANKERVIS, 48)
Enabling participation – participation-oriented support practices for adults with PIMD in everyday contexts (Teresa Sansour, 105)

Room 04

The Mandala project: mapping stress and stress regulation in children with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) (Emma Vanroye, 346)
Co-regulation of stress across multiple caregiving contexts for children with severe or profound intellectual and multiple disabilities. (Sien Vandesande, 362)
Systematic review on collaborative partnerships between parents of children with severe to profound intellectual disabilities (SPID), other informal caregivers, and professionals. (Nele Delie, 363)
Family narratives, attachment relationships and parenting practices in young children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. (Miriam Cirauqui-Viloria, 423)
Using Quality of Life Surveys to Measure the Impact of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Valerie Bradley, 243)
Enhancing Family Quality of Life of Aging Caregivers Through Future Planning (Angela Martin, 531)

Room 05

Understanding Intimate Partner Violence and Resistance Among Canadian Women with Intellectual Disabilities (Laura Pacheco, 265)
Between Care and Coercion: Resisting Gynecological & Obstetric Violence Against Women with Disabilities in Chile (Andrea Yupanqui-Concha, 267)
Beyond the Partnership Ideal: A Systematic Review of Key Tensions in Inclusive Research Practice (Katarzyna Ćwirynkało, 272)
Assessing the contribution of day programmes to inclusion and citizenship for adults with intellectual disability in Ireland (Darren McCausland, 321)
Longitudinal patterns and factors associated with employment for adults with an intellectual disability in Ireland (Darren McCausland, 322)
Work Ability Decline through Aging and Disability in workers with intellectual disabilities. The PROLAB tool. (Francisco de Borja Jordán de Urríes, 17)

Room 06

Knowledge on cancer screening and monitoring of professionals caring for people with intellectual disabilities. 933 questionnaires in 11 French regions (Daniel Satge, 167)
Can people with intellectual disability understand and apply cancer screening? A participative study (Geneviève Petitpierre, 181)
Route to cancer diagnosis for people with intellectual disability (Trine Allerslev Horsbøl, 216)
Policy Inclusion and Cancer Equity for People with Intellectual Disabilities: Findings from the CUPID COST Action (Martin McMahon, 344)
Healthcare for People with intellectual disabilities in Germany. A Scoping Review. (Antonia Scheffel, 298)
Hospital care for persons with intellectual disabilities. Participatory Priority Setting for the hospital care of adults with intellectual disabilities (PRISMA) (Antonia Scheffel, 369)

Room 07

A lived experience perspective on navigating healthcare systems and how inclusive they are for people with intellectual and developmental disability: The Rosemary Collaboratory Initiative Part 1. (Margaret Turley, 345)
Assessing the Inclusiveness of Healthcare Systems for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities through the Rosemary Collaboratory Initiative: Part 2 (Eilish Burke, 348)
Clinical Outcomes and Healthcare Disparities in the Paediatric Population with Epilepsy in England: A Population-Based Quantitative Analysis Using Epilepsy12 cohort (Michael Kwan Leung Yu, 151)

Room 07: Round Table

Tackling avoidable cancer deaths and associated health inequalities in people with an Intellectual disability. (Andre Strydom, 378)

Room 08

Towards a More Inclusive Future: Systemic Barriers and Change in Autism Research (Sarah Donald, 472)
Using Experience Based Co-Design to improve the accessibility and inclusivity of research for autistic individuals with complex support needs. (Sarah Donald, 479)
Using Normalization Process Theory to identify the barriers and enablers for how older adults with intellectual disability integrate into local community groups (Laurence Taggart, 35)
"The role of timely diagnosis and comprehensive post diagnostic care for individuals with Down syndrome: A thematic analysis of the perspectives of people with Down syndrome and their Families" (Madeleine Healy, 55)
My Experience of Co-Facilitating The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training to Student Nurses (Michael Scott, 157)
Inclusive Nursing Education: Evaluating a Co-Facilitated Training Programme to Improve Care for People with a Learning Disability (Melissa Owens, 187)

Room 09: Round Table

Comparing regulation of services for people with intellectual disabilities in Sweden and Australia: similar or more rights than workers? (Christine Bigby, 95)
Development of Clinical Practice Guidelines for persons with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities: Reflections from an international and interdisciplinary consortium (Annette van der Putten, 264)

Room 10: Round Table

Co-Producing Autism-Affirming Group Programs With and For Autistic Adults (Louisa Man, 74)
Equal Right in Inclusive Research: Self-Advocates Speak to Shape the Future of Inclusive Research (Jeffrey Chan, 89)

13:00–14:00

Poster Session 2

The MATILDA Intervention to support older adults with intellectual disability to integrate into local community groups: a feasibility randomised controlled trial and process evaluation using the RE-AIM framework (Laurence Taggart, 34)
Strategies to Prevent Work Ability Decline and Support Retirement Transition in Workers with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (Beatriz Sánchez, 45)
The Critical Review of Aging Related Clinic Research of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities in Taiwan from year 2000 onward. (Kuo-yu Wang, 113)
A scoping review of observable changes indicative of dementia in people with intellectual disabilities (Hanna Bozkurt Åhman, 148)
Low physical endurance as perceived by carers – a possible early marker for dementia among people with intellectual disability (Hanna Bozkurt Åhman, 210)
Transition from work and day activities to old-age retirement: Expectations, challenges, and service system tensions in Finland (Sirpa Granö, 222)
Predictors of unplanned somatic specialist healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic among older people with intellectual disabilities: a report from the IDcare study (Magnus Sandberg, 314)
Association between Tooth Loss and Mortality in Older Adults with an Intellectual Disability (katrina Byrne, 323)
Linking frailty, quality of support and quality of life of elderly people with intellectual disability in Flanders, Belgium: a survey (Bea Maes, 379)
A Longitudinal Examination of Bone Health and Screening Patterns among Adults with Intellectual Disability in Ireland (Anne Power, 513)
Developing an Exploratory Pilot Study of Complicated Grief Therapy for People with Intellectual Disabilities (Suzanne Guerin, 543)
Connecting on the Spectrum: How do Autistic Adults Conceptualize Social Well-Being? (Rumi Agarwal, 129)
Transitioning to adulthood -The perspectives and experiences of young autistic adults with co-occurring learning disabilities. (Kelsey Snashall, 245)
Short-term Psycho-Education for Carers To Reduce Over Medication (SPECTROM) of people with intellectual disabilities: Process and Mentoring in Intellectual disability Services (Nathan Wilson, 112)
Physical and Mental Health, and Behaviours that Challenge Across the Life Course in Intellectual Disability (Paulina S. Arango, 474)
Evaluating a Family Respite Care Initiative: Insights from the Angel Heart Family Social Welfare Foundation, Taiwan (Chin-Wen Lee, 24)
Improving Family Support: Bridging Aging and Disabilities Across the Life Course (Hsieh Kelly, 381)
Supports for Transition from School to Adult Life – Perspectives of Young Adults with Intellectual Disabilities, Family Members and Service Leaders: Integrated Thematic Findings of Three Linked Studies (Eilín de Paor, 398)
Post-partum healthcare utilization among women with intellectual disabilities in comparison with the general population: a report from the IDcare study (Anna Axmon, 22)
In time for the future, in time for equal breast health care (Päivi Adolfsson, 57)
Barriers to cancer treatment in adults with intellectual disability. A quantitative approach (Daniel Satge, 59)
Development of an instrument for monitoring food-related health among individuals with intellectual disabilities (Päivi Adolfsson, 86)
Advancing Safety and Quality of Hospital Care for Children and Young People with Intellectual and Developmental Disability: A Multi-Component Learning Health Network Approach (Natalie Ong, 107)
Cancer incidence among people with an intellectual disability: a population-based cohort study (Trine Toft Sørensen, 115)
Facilitators and Barriers to Smoking Cessation in People with Intellectual Disability (Laura E. Gómez, 117)
Ethnographic Insights into Decision-Making in Cancer Care for Patients with Intellectual Disabilities (Alberte Jacobsen, 118)
Voicing Resistance: Emancipatory Reproductive Narratives of Women with Disabilities (Coralie Mercerat, 134)
Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Outcomes of Chronic Diseases in Adults with Intellectual Disabilities: A Scoping Review of Primary Care Evidence. (Hasheem Mannan, 135)
Enhancing hospital care for children with Intellectual/Developmental disabilities: An exploration of the 'All About Me' system (Rhea Mae Ilarde, 139)
Towards an Intervention for Food Selectivity (ARFID) in Adults with Intellectual Disabilities (Anna Knoops, 154)
Comorbidity patterns among cancer patients with intellectual disability (Liv Sund Troest, 214)
Cancer prevention, how is it perceived by people with intellectual disabilities ? The COP study. (Geneviève Petitpierre, 215)
Barriers and facilitators to auditory amplification for adults with intellectual disabilities (Siobhan Brennan, 282)
Ableism and Eugenic Discourses in Access to Motherhood among Women with Disabilities (Coralie Mercerat, 285)
Models of care and service innovation in health care for people with intellectual disability (Kitty-Rose Foley, 290)
The feasibility and concurrent validity of physical examination for the diagnosis of hip and knee osteoarthritis in adults with intellectual disabilities (Marjoleine van Bruggen, 356)
SAFE-Meals: Can the Generative AI-assisted Analysis of Coroner Reports Expedite the Implementation of Recommendations for Preventing Choking- and Aspiration-related Deaths of People with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities? (Bronwyn Hemsley, 387)
Promotion of physical activity and sport in and with people with intellectual disabilities. Bringing together and discuss best practice in the project called PASpo-ID. (Christoph Kreinbucher-Bekerle, 393)
A system dynamics approach to cancer screening for people with intellectual disabilities (Amina Banda, 429)
Bridging the Gap: A Nordic Network for Inclusive Nutrition Guidance for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disability (Öie Umb-Carlsson, 460)
Evaluating an in-home acute care model for adults with IDD (Emily Lauer, 538)
Global Competency Standards for Health Professionals on Disability-Inclusion: Development and first insights (Lea Gölz, 540)
BESSER gesund leben (Live Better Healthily) – A path to inclusive health in Hamburg (Kerstin Gemes, 547)
Centering Lived Experience: Insights from the CUPID COST Action Training School on Inclusive Cancer Prevention for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (Sinead Foran, 53)
"Personalised support for young adult males with intellectual disabilities and complex needs living in intensive support settings." (Sarah Blelock, 237)
Can there be too much support? Professionals' Attachment-Based Assumptions About 'Substituted Parenting' and Parents with Intellectual Disability (Tommie Forslund, 207)
Intersections of Power and Resistance: Interpersonal Violence, Reproductive Coercion, and Structural Violence Against Women with Intellectual Disabilities (Katarzyna Ćwirynkało, 330)
EXPLORING THE QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG CAREGIVERS OF CHILDREN WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES (Muhammad Jahan Zaib, 523)
VIPP-LD – Video-feedback Intervention for parents with intellectual disabilities: Implementation is teamwork! (Marja W. Hodes, 548)
Community living and deinstitutionalization: a longitudinal study (Patricia Navas, 79)
Measuring What Matters: How Measuring Quality of Life is Transforming a Disability Service (Mara Erhardt-Rumpe, 141)
A Decade of Connection: Measuring the Sustained Effectiveness of Social Club Participation on the Quality of Life of Adults with Moderate to Severe Intellectual Disabilities in Singapore (Julia Ng, 195)
Person-Centered Planning: Who Gets it and What are the Outcomes? (Joseph Caldwell, 241)
Through their Lens: Meaningful changes in Social Relationships for Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (Evy Meys, 317)
Relatives' Experiences of Participation in Coordinated Individual Planning for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities (Liv Nordström, 370)
Sensory experiences of adults with an intellectual disability at home. (Jess Cray, 382)
What does "family" mean in the definition of Family Quality of Life? (Carmen Francisco, 539)
Enhanced Quality of Life and Well-Being for People with Intellectual Disabilities and Dementia (Thomas Waring Stubben, 566)
Feasibility of a Digital Health Intervention for adults with intellectual Disabilities to Enhance Physical Activity and Prevent Falls- A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial (Rakesh Upadhyay, 470)

14:00–15:30

Room 01

"Rarely Asked, Rarely Heard": Participation of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities at the End of Life (Romane Couvrette, 103)
A Decade of Resilience and Weathering among Adults with Intellectual Disability: Implications for Research and Social Policy (Hefziba Lifshitz, 288)
Understanding Activities of Daily Living and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living in Older Adults with Intellectual Disability: A Scoping Review. (Iara Faria Synnott, 366)
Modifiable risk factors for dementia in people with intellectual disabilities (Maureen B.G. Wissing, 407)
Understanding Ageing & Future Aspirations of Individuals with Intellectual Disability, Carers and those Identified as Family: Examining a Model from New Zealand in Ireland (Suzanne Guerin, 549)
Family–Professional Partnerships in Behaviour Support for PwIDDs: Quantitative Insights from Singapore's Disability Services (Eulisia Er, 10)

Room 02

Understanding the Cross-Lifespan Support Needs of Families of Individuals with Disabilities: Lessons from the Angel Heart Family Social Welfare Foundation, Taiwan (Chin-Wen Lee, 25)
Growing up with a deaf parent: "There was no word 'deafness' at home; My parents just don't hear." (Carmit-Noa Shpigelman, 28)
Asian Immigrant Families in the US: Navigating Services for Children and Young Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (Chun-Yu Chiu, 111)
Informal Care and Loneliness: A Scoping Review of Loneliness Measurements and Experiences Among Parents and Young Adult Informal Caregivers (Karsten Knol, 147)
Early Positive Approaches to Support (E-PAtS), a group Support programme for families of young children with intellectual and developmental needs: Comparing online versus in-person group outcomes (Nick Gore, 259)
How Self-Advocacy Takes Shape: Inclusive Research with Young Adults with IDD in Czechia (Mirjam Kombercová, 487)

Room 03: Accessible Panel

Enhancing Health Self-Determination for People with Intellectual Disabilities: A Participatory Research Approach (Vera Tillmann, 316)
The promotion of physical activity in individuals with intellectual disabilities with Photovoice method (Christoph Kreinbucher-Bekerle, 449)
LEARNING TO MAKE DECISIONS: An Educational Program to Enhance Decision-Making in Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (Judith Adler, 320)

Room 04

How do formal and informal networks collaborate in supporting people with intellectual disabilities? Relational approaches in the practice of sharing care (Myrte van Langen, 281)
Leaving School and Starting Adult Life – Perspectives of Young Adults with Intellectual Disabilities and Family Members: A Delphi Study with Universal Design Features (Eilín de Paor, 396)
PLAYshop Adapted: A Physical Literacy Intervention for Parents of Children with Intellectual Disabilities (Hayley Kavanagh, 502)
Exploring the lived experience of Black African family caregivers of adults with intellectual disabilities in the United Kingdom (Shylet Musabayana, 562)
Parenting Young Children (PYC) for Parents with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Parenting Skill Development from Baseline to Post-Intervention and Six-Month Follow-Up (Thomas Strandberg, 189)
Between support and normalization: questioning parenting support for people with intellectual disabilities in France (Coline Rodet, 299)

Room 05

Program to Promote Cancer Prevention Health Behaviors for Intellectual Disabilities Children' Mothers: Non-Randomized Controlled Trial (SEBAHAT Gözüm, 309)
From Insight to Action: Developing Effective Training for Social Workers Working with Parents with Intellectual Disabilities (Beth Tarleton, 315)
Rethinking Labels: Exploring Gender Diversity Among Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (Bertille Marthouret, 27)
Applying the Group Home Culture Scale in Czechia: Findings from the First Organisation-Wide Study (Šárka Káňová, 200)
Humanistic Practice in Real Time: Applying the Holistic Support Model (HSM) in Everyday support (Ran Neuman, 68)
Feeling at Home: Exploring what it means for people with intellectual disabilities in social and community housing (Sarah Pellerin, 75)

Room 06

Project HIIT: the development and testing of a school-based physical activity intervention for adolescents with intellectual disabilities, underpinned by behavioural and implementation science. (Gary McDermott, 132)
Developing a theory of change to improve the implementation of communication support for adults with severe learning disabilities in social care settings. (Jill Bradshaw, 164)
Perspectives of adults with disabilities and their support networks towards community living (Linette W L Chan, 185)
Empowering Bubbles: A Peer-Based Independent Living Initiative and Its Implications for Persons with Moderate to Severe Intellectual Disabilities (PWIDs) in Singapore (Qiu Rong Lim, 211)
Capturing Family Perspectives: Towards a German Adaptation of the Beach Center Family Quality of Life Scale (Torsten Hammann, 218)
Care relationships between support staff and adults with an intellectual disability in residential settings in England: an ethnographic study (Georgios Mamolis, 225)

Room 07

Disability-inclusive labor policies and quality of life: a dynamic CGE analysis for Saudi Arabia (Irfan Ahmed, 239)
Exploring the Experiences of Social Isolation and Loneliness for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities and Extensive Support Needs (Elizabeth Liffley, 248)
Supported Self-Determination through Collaborative Decision Making in People with Severe Intellectual Disabilities: Capturing the Resisting Practice (Erica Baarends, 262)
Beyond Knowledge: The Mediating Role of Emotional Acknowledgment in Professional Support for Bereaved Individuals with IDD. (Hila Tamar Edri, 278)
Development and validation of an evaluation tool of well-being at work and associated factors for workers with intellectual disability in sheltered employment (Elodie Leclerc, 307)
LEADERSHIP AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN SPECIAL OLYMPICS: PERCEPTIONS OF ATHLETE LEADERS IN LATIN AMERICA (Mariângela Castilho Uchoa de Oliveira, 327)

Room 08

Awareness and Challenges of Legal Inheritance Rights among Women with Intellectual Disabilities in India (Jayanti Pujari, 442)
Whose Story Is It? Supporting Self-Authored Narratives in Adult Disability Services (Lori Dotson, 445)
Analysis of people with disabilities under the housing justice system: Ankang residents relocated to social housing (Yu Ju Wang, 450)
Rehabilitation pathways for adults with intellectual disability: Learnings from the UK (Christine Hutchinson, 452)
Quality of life assessment for persons with intellectual disability in Japan:A preliminary three-perspective examination using the Personal Outcomes Scale (Mizuho Tatsuta, 454)
Photovoice as a Tool for Inclusive Social Space Analysis in Rural Areas (Anne Banzhaf, 473)

Room 09: Round Table

Sharing experiences with inclusive approaches in health research and teaching about ID in academic curricula (jenneken Naaldenberg, 364)
Contemporary maps of stigma in intellectual disability: international comparisons across the public, professionals, and individuals' self-perception (Paulina S. Arango, 529)

Room 10: Round Table

Intersections of Power and Resistance: Intimate Partner Violence, Gynaecological and Obstetric Violence, and Structural Violence Against Women with Intellectual Disabilities (Coralie Mercerat, 266)
Supporting adults with intellectual and developmental disorders: the place of psychiatry, psychopharmacology and restrictive practices to address behaviors that challenge (Markus Kosel, 338)

16:00–17:30

Room 01

Therapists' Support for Children with Intellectual Disabilities' Participation in Leisure and Recreational Activities (Annastiina Vesterinen, 528)
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Supported Employment Program for Individuals with Intellectual Disability (Misbah Malik, 553)
Employment Outcomes and Quality of Life in Adults with Developmental Disabilities (Kelly Hsieh, 554)
A qualitative study on the experience of sleep problems amongst people with intellectual disabilities. (Lynette Harper, 37)
Exploring Factors Associated with Mammography Screening Among Women with Autism Spectrum Disorder and/or Intellectual Disabilities (Anna Quon, 49)

Room 02

Working Together to Make Videos to Help People with Intellectual Disabilities Be Healthy: An Inclusive Co-production Approach (Genevieve Breau, 61)
Enhancing health support for people with intellectual disabilities: A pilot evaluation of the TRAIN-ID program. (Fleur Boot, 78)
Physical activity in people with intellectual disabilities – results of a nationwide survey in Germany (Anne Züll, 120)
Improving Transition Planning for Young People with Learning Disabilities: A Quality Improvement Project (Mughilan Muralitharan, 179)
"Triple Inequality"? Gaps in Women's Healthcare Utilization Patterns Among Older Women with Disabilities Compared to Women without Disabilities (Dana Roth, 186)
Bridging the gaps: trends and disparities in sport participation among people with intellectual disabilities, autism and mental health disorders in Flanders, Belgium (Debbie Van Biesen, 223)

Room 03

Empowering Future Physicians: A New Framework for Teaching Inclusive Medicine (Laura Salem, 145)
Practice and Evaluation of Inclusive Teaching in Higher Education with Qualified People with Disabilities (Joyce Meyer, 324)
Medicine for People with Disabilities: "Creating Awareness – Shifting Perspectives" using an explorative artistic approach (Sabine Steinke, 391)
Round Table: From abstract concepts to measurable behaviours, with reference to the development of children and young people with PIMD (Ines Van keer, 411)

Room 04

Building the capacity of health services and health workers to improve care for people with intellectual disability: A scoping review (Meggan Devery, 292)
Priorities for improving the health journey of young people with intellectual disability: a parent perspective (Rachel Skoss, 294)
Evidence-based strategies for improving access to healthcare for children with intellectual disabilities: findings from a consensus conference (Emma Nicholson, 303)
Implementation of Reasonable Adjustments in Hospitals for People with Intellectual Disabilities: Parents and Healthcare Professionals Experiences. (Mairead Moloney, 312)
Shaping Inclusive Cancer Prevention Futures for People with Intellectual Disabilities: Linking Policy Gaps and Accessible Communication through the Cancer Understanding in People with Intellectual Disabilities (CUPID) COST Action. (Dalia Ibrahim, 326)
Chronic disease trajectories and multimorbidity among older adults with intellectual disability: Findings from 15 years of IDS-TILDA (Martin McMahon, 329)

Room 05

Trauma-informed guidelines for health services supporting people with intellectual disability (Kitty-Rose Foley, 333)
Vaccination uptake amongst people with intellectual disability: a systematic review (Meggan Devery, 334)
Beyond restraint: Improving emergency care experiences for children with intellectual disability. A co-designed training, simulation, and systems-change program. (Karl Pobre, 335)
Stakeholders' viewpoints on the concept of health for people with an intellectual disability, a qualitative and inclusive study. (Stacey de Jong-Witjes, 339)
The prevalence and underdiagnosis of symptomatic hip and knee osteoarthritis in older adults with intellectual disabilities (Marjoleine van Bruggen, 353)
Equine Interventions for Intellectual Disability: A Scoping Review of the Literature (Riley Berg, 420)

Room 06

Examining Collaborative Potential Between Traditional Healers and Biomedical Professionals in Intellectual Disability: Evidence from the Cape Town, South Africa (Siyabulela Mkabile, 448)
Making Reasonable Adjustments to Ensure Inclusion in Bone Health Screening (Eilish Burke, 516)
A Lifespan Model for Quality Care in IDD: Person-Centeredness in Action: Advancing preventive health, aging support, and interdisciplinary collaboration. The Ikigai Framework is a pedagogical and implementation model for clinicians and system leaders. The Ikigai model distinguishes autonomy of the person and responsibility of staff, caregivers, agencies, and systems. (Joann Douziech, 524)
Development and first results of a pilot study on a lifestyle modification intervention program for people with Bardet-Biedl Syndrome (Lotte Enkelaar, 532)
Simulated patient scenario in medical education focusing on inclusive communication with persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities (Lea Gölz, 537)
Challenges and gaps in community mental healthcare for people with intellectual disability: findings from a UK national survey of health and social care professionals (Daniel Acton, 40)

Room 07

Understanding School Absenteeism among Students with Intellectual Disabilities: Insights from a Multiperspective Exploratory Qualitative Study (Steffen Kaiser, 254)
A Second Global Dialogue on Shaping the Future of Positive Behavior Support (Jeffrey Chan, 66)
Journeying through a Fractured Terrain: A Constructivist Grounded Theory (CGT) study of assessment of challenging behaviour for people with an intellectual disability in community settings. (Linda Hume, 80)
Implementing the Prevent-Teach-Reinforce in Special Schools for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities: Effects on students' Behaviour and Social Validity (Zakaria Mestari, 82)
The efficacy of pipamperone and aripiprazole on behaviors that challenge in people with intellectual disabilities: A series of N-of-1 cross-over trials using a double-dummy design (Nicole Damen, 98)
Attitudes and Credibility Judgements of Psychiatrists and Educators toward people with intellectual disability and mental disorders (Friederike Hell, 146)

Room 08

Craving and substance use in clients with mild intellectual disability enrolled in Take it Personal!+: Single case analysis on mechanisms of change (Esther Hesselink, 156)
Longitudinal Risk Factors for Anxiety in Children and Adults with Severe to Moderate Intellectual Disability (Jane Waite, 180)
Learnings from a descriptive and thematic analysis of incident reports involving the use of restrictive practices with students in their first year of primary schooling (Karen Nankervis, 209)
Interweaving outsiders', professionals' and relatives' perspectives in stagnant care practices (Gustaaf Bos, 269)
Special school staff's understanding and strategies used towards challenging behaviors for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities: A mixed-method study (Séverine PRADEL, 275)
Characteristics of Young Adult Defendants with Neurodevelopmental Disorders (Jane McCarthy, 417)

Room 09: Round Table

Developing An International Consensus On Quality of LIfe (Ivan Brown, 471)
Developing Healthcare Guidelines with the Participation of Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (William Sullivan, 476)

Room 10: Round Table

Using empirical research and implementation science to embed Active Support and Practice Leadership in services for people with intellectual disabilities. (Christine Bigby, 403)
Beyond social inclusion? Imagining new ethical horizons for intellectual disability services (David Treanor, 431)

Friday, 31 July 2026

10:00–11:30

Room 01

Witnessing the Histories of People with Intellectual Disability Diagnoses who Survived Institutionalization and Strengthening the Work of Meaningful Inclusion (Kate Rossiter, 235)
Navigating the shifting sands, an interrelated core category within a Constructivist Grounded Theory (CGT) study of assessment of challenging behaviour for people with an Intellectual Disability (ID) in community settings. (Linda Hume, 422)
Implementation of Positive Behaviour Support in routine service provision (MaryRose Martin, 430)
How do specialist intellectual disability psychiatrists recommend reducing or stopping psychotropic medications to their patients and their carers? A Conversation Analysis study. (Deborah Chinn, 508)
Facilitators, motivational factors, and needs among support workers in intellectual disability and autism services (Ann-Sophie Otis, 520)
The service user and carer experience of health and social care service provision for people with intellectual disability with mental health needs: a systematic review and narrative synthesis (Madiha Majid, 545)

Room 02

Self-injurious behavior in smith-magenis, cri-du-chat (5p-minus) and cornelia-de-lange syndrome (Pia Bienstein, 559)
(Temporal) (In-)Flexibility of School (Mechthild Richter, 73)
Criteria for quality assurance in autism therapy based on structural, process, and outcome dimensions. (Lena Grüter, 133)
Mapping Autism Support Pathways in Canada (Nicole Neil, 232)
Developing a Video-Based Self-Report Measure of Bullying for Adolescents with Autism (Marisa Fisher, 250)
Evaluating a Multidisciplinary Intervention for Encopresis for Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (Mindy Scheithauer, 283)

Room 03: Accessible Panel

The centrality of co-production, allyship and partnership working in challenging intellectual disability stigma (Katrina Scior, 534)
Adaptation and testing of the STORM program for adults with intellectual disabilities in Germany (Anne Banzhaf, 556)
Linguistic and Cultural Adaptation of the STORM Program for People with Intellectual Disability in Chile (Paulina S. Arango, 535)
Understanding the experiences and impact of 'Gig Buddies', a befriending intervention for adults with intellectual disabilities in the UK and Australia (Alana Loewenberger, 557)

Room 04

Co-occurring Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD in Children: A Differential Diagnostic Framework for Clinical Practice (Joanna Weglarz, 365)
Autism, Ageing, Mortality and Life Expectancy: A Literature Review (Louise Lynch, 416)
Empowering Futures: Innovative Care and Support Services for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Their Impact on Interventions: (Dr Charles OMBOTO, 494)
Beyond the Classroom: The Impact of School Mathematics Experiences on Adults with Down Syndrome (Matt Thompson, 332)
Timing of Biomarker and Cognitive Changes in Alzheimer's Disease in Down Syndrome: A Longitudinal Cohort Study (Mina Idris, 386)
Exploring the link between Down syndrome and Developmental Dyscalculia (Rhonda Faragher, 451)

Room 05

Multi-informant communication assessment across all life domains with the Questionnaire for Observing Communicative Skills (OCS-R) (Jan Markus Stegkemper, 47)
Improving cardiopulmonary resuscitation and basic life support for people with disability who use a wheelchair: an educational intervention pilot study (Elisha Deegan, 60)
Rethinking work: Pathways towards inclusive futures for People with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities (Annalena Ziemski, 62)
Participatory Research for People with PIMD: Experiences from the German Research Project GPS (Jessica Geuting, 76)
People with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities/Polyhandicap, Families, and Institutional Caregivers: The French EVAL‑PLH Cohort. Results and Perspectives (Karine Baumstarck, 149)
Beyond Words: Behavioural and Physiological Indicators of Emotional Competence in People with PIMD (Torsten Hammann, 253)

Room 06

Education and Teaching Methods for Children With Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities: a Scoping Review (Wiger Hartstra, 258)
Development of interventions for people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities: strategies and experiences in cocreating interventions together with relatives and professionals (Annet ten Brug, 313)
Unruly bodyminds with the label PIMD (profound intellectual and multiple disabilities) challenge common perceptions of personhood (Maren Hüffmann, 358)
Parents' experiences of healthcare professionals' discussions of loss and grief in the context of profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (Elaine Brennan, 394)
Identifying mental health issues and supporting learners with Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties (PMLD) (Fathima Nowshard, 412)

Room 07

How effective is the Engagement model for learners with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD) (Fathima Nowshard, 413)
Communication with people with profound intellectual disability: The influence of the term AAC on the conceptualisation of communication and recommendations for support and intervention (Sheridan Forster, 440)
Parent Storytelling as an Agent of Systemic Change in Pediatric and Palliative Care Settings with Children with Complex and Profound Medical and Developmental Disabilities (Lori Dotson, 443)
Improving Staff-Client Interactions in Group Homes for People with Severe or Profound Intellectual Disabilities: Development of an Intervention Programme (Gilles Droogmans, 477)
SGU-PIMD: A Practical Tool for Families of Adolescents with PIMD During the Transition to Adult Life (Nicole van den Dries-Luitwieler, 493)
The Olf-action Guide: how to support olfactory functioning in learners with PIMD (Juliane Dind, 495)

Room 08

The educational status of children and young people with profound intellectual disabilities in Poland: current conditions and future directions (Diana Aksamit, 503)
'We've got to go bigger!': Relatives of college students with intellectual disabilities shared perceptions and experiences (Gavin Watts, 15)
Beliminal Theory: Reframing Liminality Through Learning Disability and Relational Suspension (Lorena Hall, 23)
Inclusive post-secondary provision for young people who have an intellectual disability: a national response. (Michael Shevlin, 83)
Voting rights and people with intellectual disabilities – Facilitators (Manon Bach-Mbenza, 84)
Human Rights-Based Behaviour Support: A Practical Staff Training Approach in an Irish Special Education Context. (Trish Carolan, 97)

Room 09: Round Table

Lives that matter: preventing avoidable deaths in people with intellectual disability (Rory Sheehan, 525)
Seeing the Unseen – Intellectual Disability in medical records: How to Recognize, Report, and Respond (Maarten Cuypers, 372)

Room 10: Round Table

Aggressive Behavior of People with Autism and other Intellectual and Developmental Disability (Lauren Charlot, 137)

11:30–12:30

Poster Session 3

Menopause and mental health in women with intellectual disability: a transformative mixed methods study (Stephanie Corrigan, 526)
How is Self-Determination Expressed by Autistic Youth? A Qualitative Approach using Causal Agency Theory (Cristina Mumbardó-Adam, 123)
How Do Families of Youth with Autism Support their Self-determination? Mapping their Strategies and Needs (Clara Andrés-Gárriz, 125)
"Dietary Patterns, Metabolic Health, and Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder" (Dominika Małachowska, 242)
Enhancing School Experiences for Students with Autism Through Staff-Mediated Haptic Music Technology (Katherine Howells, 297)
Questioning ontological doxa – Practices of agency and resistance related to autism and intellectual disability (Andreas Köpfer, 301)
"Not Feminine, but Acceptable" : Narratives of Women with Developmental Disabilities in Japan (Rina Mukai, 302)
Between Support and Overload: Parental Perspectives on Educational Pathways of Autistic Children in Bavaria (Melika Ahmetovic, 397)
Play and Language Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (Sema Kardas, 414)
A preliminary study on psychological structure of Self-Curiosity in persons with autism spectrum disorder (Michio Ushiyama, 415)
Prevalence of Intellectual Developmental Disorder in Incarcerated and Justice-Involved Populations: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (Mireille Tabin, 81)
Identifying Key Priorities for Preventing Mental Health Difficulties in Children with Intellectual Disability (Chloe Emonson, 205)
A Systematic Review of Mental Health Promotion and Stress Reduction Interventions for People with Severe Developmental Disabilities (Yu Ji Jeon, 434)
Provision of care for children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities and co-occuring problem behaviour or mental disorders (Heidi Rupieper, 458)
Adaptive behavior and intelligence in German students with special educational needs – Their Relationship and implications for diagnostic decision-making (Paul Herrmanns, 143)
Development of an Information Ethics Curriculum for Special Needs Schools for Students with Intellectual Disabilities (Daichi Saito, 388)
Integrated Framework of Paternal Cognition and Childcare Success in Neurodevelopmental Disorder Families (Shiori Ishida, 42)
Future Caregiving Intentions of Siblings of Individuals with Intellectual Developmental Disabilities (Dana Roth, 183)
Personal Network Stories: Development and Evaluation of an Intervention to Enhance Social Relationships of Adults with Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities (Evy Meys, 319)
Physical Fitness Norming for Young Persons with Intellectual Disability (PwIDs) in Singapore (Yang Ting Ang, 50)
Buddy-Climbing: How Inclusive Climbing Tandems Can Promote Participation, Self-Determination, and Health for People with Intellectual Disabilities (PwID) (Vera Tillmann, 77)
Exploring Parental Mental Health through the Lens of Mindfulness: Self-Compassion and Social Support in Parents of Children with Disabilities (Weronika Lorens-Rosa, 360)
Food Safety Practices, Attitudes, and Knowledge among Direct Support Personnel: A Cross-National Comparison (Marie Lange, 485)
Navigating Language Development: The Crucial Role of Parental Involvement in Mitigating Internalizing Problems for Children with Intellectual Disabilities (Eulisia Er, 11)
Postsecondary Education Programs for People with Intellectual Disabilities in a Research-Intensive University (Dan Zhang, 136)
Researching Educational Transitions of Students with Intellectual Disabilities: Perspectives on Support Needs, School Conditions, and Family Involvement in the Czech Republic (Lenka Pejšová Mouleová, 138)
Origami for All: Inclusive Adaptation of a Traditional Japanese Play Activity in Early Childhood Education (Toyokazu MIZUUCHI, 202)
Support Models of School-Based Occupational Therapists in Japan: Initiatives by the Pediatric Rehabilitation Network (Haruka Kato, 204)
Measuring the quality of life to improve the inclusion of students with autism in Chilean general education schools (Victoria Sánchez-Gómez, 228)
Peer-Mediated Embedded Constant Time Delay Intervention for Teaching Mathematical Word Problems to Elementary Students with Intellectual Disability in Inclusive Classrooms (K. G. Ambady, 247)
Climate (Change) concerns everyone. Inclusive ESD (Bettina Lindmeier, 271)
Access to higher education as people with intellectual disability in an Irish university. (Rachael Wanjagua, 276)
Inclusive Education under the SDGs: A Comparative Analysis of Canada and Japan (Yuri Geshi, 405)
A Review of International Research Trends and Intervention Studies on Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) (Kim Jimin, 406)
Research on staff training in self-advocacy programs: Interview results with past staff members (MIKA KATAOKA, 467)
Linking Academic Skill Development and Developmental Support in Education for Students with Intellectual Disabilities (Johannes Jöhnck, 478)
Mapping the Referral Journey: Phases and Dynamics of Referral Processes towards Educational Support for children with Autism in Flemish Education (Liesbet Claeys, 491)
Dynamic testing of basic mathematical skills in the transition from kindergarten to school (Steffen Siegemund-Johannsen, 542)
Inclusive Vocational Preparation for People with Intellectual Disabilities: A Model Project at a Mainstream Vocational School in Upper Bavaria (Julia Holzer, 563)
Deconstructing the ideal academic: understanding the gendered experiences of neurodivergent researchers to shape more inclusive research practices (Lena Biermann, 71)
Self-Rated Functional Ability in Adults with Mild Intellectual Disability and Comorbid Depression: A WHODAS 2.0–Based Comparison with Global Mental Health Reference Data (Marita Haukilehto, 257)
Preferred Methods of Co-Design with People with Intellectual Disabilities: A Systematic Review (Hannah Casey, 261)
INVOLVING YOUNG PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY AS EXPERT JUDGES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTERVIEW GUIDE (Mariângela Castilho Uchoa de Oliveira, 328)
Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping as a methodology for inclusive research used to identify community-based solutions (George Gotto, 536)
Harvard Research Fellows with IDD Explore Inclusion in the UNCRPD Procedures (Fionn Crombie Angus, 552)
Supporting today, preparing tomorrow's parents: Understanding and improving early support for expectant parents with intellectual disabilities. (Annick Zijlstra-Kroek, 29)
Participation of children and parents with intellectual disabilities in family court hearings: a comparison between Quebec, Canada and the Netherlands. (Maroesjka van Nieuwenhuijzen, 208)
Parents as developmental partners: Building a Development-Promoting Environment for children with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities (Ines Van keer, 63)
A study into the implementation of technology for people with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities (Lotte Piekema, 256)
Healthcare professionals' approaches to discussing loss and grief with parents of children with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (Elaine Brennan, 395)
Botulinum Toxin Treatments in Children and Adults with Profound Intellectual and MultipleDisabilities (PIMD) in the Netherlands: Sense or Nonsense? (Esther Calame, 561)
Understanding Educational Quality of Life for Students with Intellectual Disabilities: A Qualitative Inquiry (Sarah Bjornson, 30)
Tukena Future Radar (Petra Rantamäki, 56)
Empowering Voices, Transforming Lives: Advancing the Rights of Persons With Intellectual Disability Through the #Rights4MeToo Scale (Patricia Navas, 67)
Considerations on the current state of "Deinstitutionalization" and "Community transition" in Japan (Shigeru Suemitsu, 433)
Development and Content Validation of AAC Graphic Symbols for Sex Education for Individuals with Severe Developmental Disabilities (Hansol Kang, 497)
A QOL tool for adults with Cerebral Palsy – a content validity analysis (Olena Brito, 509)
The benefits and barriers of researching through virtual environments for participants with lived experience of intellectual disability [ID] (Catriona Curtin, 305)
The Use of a Social Robot to Support Daily Structure and Planning in Residential Care for Individuals with Cognitive and Intellectual Disabilities: A Single-Case Experimental Study (Kirstin van Dam, 461)

13:30–15:00

Room 01

Shaping an inclusive future for students with intellectual disability: Learning from de-institutionalization (Glenys Mann, 182)
Vocational preparation and transition to the general labor market for students with intellectual disabilities in the German state of Baden-Württemberg (Gregor Renner, 158)
Exploring the political knowledge of students with intellectual disabilities. A grounded theory study (Jan M. Stegkemper, 160)
The Effectiveness of a Phonological Reading Program Among Arabic and Hebrew Speaking Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (samah eid, 176)
Modified Schema-Based Instruction for Teaching Addition Word Problems to Elementary Students with Intellectual Disabilities in Inclusive Classrooms (K. G. Ambady, 246)
Reading and Writing Instruction Program for Students with Moderate to Severe Intellectual Disabilities: Describing the Adoption of New Practices by a Team of Teachers (Natalia Ciocan, 19)

Room 02

Understanding the 'Why' of Behavior & How to Get to the 'How' to Intervene (Nikki Condit, 255)
Inclusive education for sustainable development (ESD) – results of a Photovoice project (Bettina Lindmeier, 270)
Postsecondary University Education Improved Crystallized and Fluid Intelligence of Adult Students with Intellectual Disability: An explorative Study (Hefziba Lifshitz, 287)
Empowering Educators Through Social Validity (Milad Najafichaghabouri, 300)
Special-Education Attendance in multi-lingual Luxembourg: Evidence from newly available 2021 census microdata (Manon Schroeder, 306)
School Dropout Patterns in Denmark: Frequency and Level of Exit Among Individuals with Mental and Physical Disabilities (Sema Kardas, 311)

Room 03: Accessible Panel

How should community organisations use digital technology with adults with intellectual disabilities and/or autism? (Kris Southby, 163)
Applying Virtual Reality in supporting people with behavioural difficulties and intellectual disability (Marieke Gielissen, 377)
'Our Digital Health': A comparative study of the digital health participation and inequality of adults with and without intellectual disabilities. (Darren Chadwick, 518)

Room 04

Co-learning in University College Cork: building and sustaining an infrastructure to include students with intellectual disabilities in learning and assessment. (Nicola Maxwell, 352)
Recognising expertise through inclusion: Perspectives of students, educators, and families in Inclusive Post-Secondary Education (Therese Hennessy, 428)
Implementing a Trauma-Informed Approach in Czech Special Education: Insights from Cycle 1 Design-Based Research (Jan Šiška, 466)
Multiple Voices, Shared Decisions? Actor Perspectives in Referral Processes towards Educational Support for Students with Autism in Flemish Education (Liesbet Claeys, 481)
Beyond the Game: Evaluation of the Special Olympics Health Education Programmes (Hayley Kavanagh, 483)
Does Post-Secondary Education Really Open Doors to Employment? Evidence from Youth with Intellectual Disabilities in a Complex Global South Setting (Grace Khawam, 510)

Room 05

Reproducing Institutionalisation: Generational Pathways into Institutional Care in a Familialist Welfare Regime (Yueh-Ching Chou, 70)
Lived Experience Advancing Disability (LEAD) Research: Expanding the Reach of an Inclusive Research Learning Series (Karrie Shogren, 72)
The Effect of Scripted Curriculum on Teacher Implementation of Research-Based Instruction (Bree Jimenez, 108)
Co-creation in action: Building a research agenda for an organisation providing services to people with intellectual disabilities (Milou van den Bemd, 122)
Overview and Preliminary Findings from the iDecIDe Project: Co-Creation of Accessible Resources on Assisted Decision-Making for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities and their Decision-Making Partners (Hannah Casey, 263)
Including people with intellectual disabilities as co-researchers in research and evaluation in an Irish university: balancing institutional requirements and inclusive participatory research process. (Nicola Maxwell, 279)

Room 06

Mapping Intellectual and Developmental Disability Research in Africa (Babalwa Tyabashe-Phume, 347)
Voices of Researchers with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Inclusive Research. (Marvin Hoffmann, 399)
Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) in The Development of Accessible Health Information for People With Intellectual Disabilities in A Prostate Cancer Screening Trial (Ruksana Begum-Meades, 453)
Sometimes I'm too safe: Exploring the dignity of risk with people with intellectual disability. (Rhonda Faragher, 455)
Experts on Inclusion: Participatory Inquiry on Inclusion at College (Alexandra Reed, 519)
Trusting in Abundance: Supporting Start-Up Businesses led by Entrepreneurs with Down Syndrome (Fionn Crombie Angus, 551)

Room 07

Epistemic justice in personal assistance of people with intellectual disabilities: Conditions shaping the recognition of preferences (Deborah Lutz, 91)
The conceptualisation and assessment of working memory in children with intellectual disability: a systematic literature review (Jelena Sisko, 166)
Factors Initiating and Inhibiting the Process of Social Amnesia Concerning the Victims of Aktion "T4" in Poland (Danuta Kopeć, 191)
Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Armed/military conflict situations (David Treanor, 404)
Disability Policy Co-Design led by People with Intellectual Disabilities (Daniel Dickson, 104)
The relevance of adaptive behavior and IQ in German research, social policy, and educational decision-making processes (Paul Herrmanns, 142)

Room 08

Its good enough for them. Housing policy for people with intellectual disability – what is the actual problem? (Angus Buchanan, 201)
Talking to Social Care: Lived Experience Roles in UK Social Care (abigail croydon, 244)
Inclusive Research as Epistemic Justice: Co-Producing Easy-to-Read Materials with People with Intellectual Disabilities in Czechia (Barbora Martínková, 196)
Development and testing of the Observing Practice Quality tool (Lincoln Humphreys, 402)
Human Rights Infringements Caused by Income Thresholds in Japan's Child Disability Welfare System: Insights from a Survey of 100 Families and Analysis of Obstacles to Abolition (HIROSHI HARA, 437)
Scientific support of dual vocational training – Research design and initial findings (Timothy Spatschek, 456)

Room 09

Care as a shared practice: moral challenges for people with intellectual disabilities and their families. (Femmianne Bredewold, 469)
Mental health legislation to support people with intellectual disability (Kenneth Courtenay, 550)
OptiKomm: An inclusive training program to improve healthcare communication with people with cognitive and speech-language disabilities (Claudia Hornberg, 368)
Informed Decision-Making: Assisted Autonomy in Medical Disclosure (Christoph Karlheim, 500)
Empowering voices: How experiential knowledge can be integrated into medical teaching (Mareike Müller-Cleve, 463)
Dialogues about Dialogues: Communication in Multi-Carer Systems (Meike Wehmeyer, 507)

Room 10: Round Table

Neoliberal policies as drivers of invisibility and re-institutionalisation of persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities (David Treanor, 511)
Strengthening Collaborative Research Through Community Building in the ID research field (Ankelien Schippers, 541)

15:30–16:30

Room 01

Clinicians' Perspectives on Learning Climate in Parent-Mediated, Group-Based Intervention: A Self-Determination Theory Approach (Anna Rensfeldt Flink, 32)
Picture-based interviews with school-aged students with ID- Linking Student Perceptions with Speech and Literacy Outcomes (Jenny Samuelsson, 192)
Developing Picture-Based Communication in Special-Education Classrooms (Sofia Wallin, 238)
Innovations in STEM Education for Students with IDD (Ginevra Courtade, 106)

Room 02

Recovery capital in people with addiction problems and a mild intellectual disability. (Saskia van, 155)
Don't be so boring! Virtual humans for role-playing peer pressure to drink alcohol in Virtual Reality (Simon Langener, 194)
Treatment of people with mild to borderline intellectual disabilities and substance use disorders (Marion de Vries, 199)
AI-supported development planning for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities: potentials, challenges and empirical evidence (Thomas Schrei, 178)

Room 03: Technology Workshop

Minding Myths: Systematic Review of Rapid Prompting/Spellers Method and Critical Appraisal of Telepathy Tapes (Ralf Schlosser, 418)

Room 04

Integrating UN-CRPD principles into IoT design practices and solutions for applications in intellectual disability [ID]: Preliminary findings from co-creation workshops (Catriona Curtin, 304)
Co-Designing AI-Supported Access to Social Support Systems: A Community-Based Participatory Approach in Rural Germany (Martin Reichstein, 318)
Supporting Access to Social Services for People With Complex Needs: Design Principles for Centralized Referential Consultation Framework (Konrad Meisner, 349)
Digital healthcare use during the COVID-19 pandemic among people with intellectual disabilities compared to the general population (IDcare) (Magnus Sandberg, 251)

Room 05

Empowering Families through Technology: A formative evaluation of the Young Athletes Mobile Application (Ashlyn Smith, 383)
Factors influencing communication partners' behavioural intention to use augmentative and alternative communication with individuals with severe or profound intellectual and/or multiple disabilities (Anne-Marie Martin, 401)
Speech output technologies in communication interventions for individuals with intellectual impairment and other developmental disabilities (Rajinder Koul, 432)
Digital Progress Monitoring in Reading for Learners with Intellectual Disabilities: First Results and Developments from the German Platform Levumi.de (Nikola Ebenbeck, 567)

Room 06: Technology Workshop

AI Tools for Disability Employment Services: Hands-On Training for Practitioners (Burhan Ogut, 506)

Room 07: Technology Workshop

AI as a support for people with disabilities in learning decision-making skills – Development of a Prototype (presented in German) (Lukas Schär, 515)

Room 08: Technology Workshop

Innovation in Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Technologies to Enhance Communication Outcomes for Minimally-Speaking Learners with Developmental Disabilities (Oliver Wendt, 544)

Room 09

Round Table: Living Participation: Co-Creating Teaching and Learning Between Practice and Theory (Daniela Schwarz, 501)
IncludeAge: Understanding the digital lives and wellbeing of older adults with intellectual disabilities (Darren Chadwick, 521)

Room 10: Technology Workshop

Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Mental Health Supports in Grid-software Communication Strategies (Sabine Kupke, 468)

(Last update: July 8, 2026)