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August 31, 2007 • Volume 7, Number 8


INTERNATIONAL NEWS & RESOURCES

Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (TN UCEDD) Director Presents at Prader-Willi Syndrome Conference in Romania. Dr. Elisabeth Dykens, Director of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, traveled to Clug-Napoca, Romania to deliver the talk, “Correlates of Behavioral Problems and Strengths in Persons With Prader-Willi Syndrome,” at the 6th International Prader-Willi Scientific Conference. Dr. Dykens reported on her research findings on the adaptive and maladaptive behaviors, compulsivity, and cognitive profiles of people with Prader-Willi (PW). The talk covered her studies related to the hyperphagic drive and on ERP studies using food stimuli. She shared research findings on the measurements of both the stress and the joys of parenting a child with PW. A special emphasis was placed on the celebration of strengths of persons with PW including a desire to care-take others and an extraordinary ability to solve jigsaw puzzles. For more information on PWS research contact [email protected].

Title VIII Southeastern Europe Research Scholar Fellowship Program. Sponsored be the American Councils for International Education; the program offers support for graduate students, faculty, and post-doctoral scholars to conduct policy-relevant research for 3-9 months in Belarus, Central Asia, Russia, the South Caucasus, Ukraine, and Moldova. The total value of Title VIII Research Scholar fellowships ranges from $5,000 to $25,000 each. Application deadlines: October 1, 2007 for spring/summer 2008 projects; January 15, 2008 for 08-09 academic year projects.

Visit AUCD's International Events Page for a complete list of events of interest to the AUCD network. This site is updated regularly, so please check this site frequently. Feedback and questions are welcomed and should be directed to Mat McCollough.

 

 

UCEDD Event Highlight

April 2008: International Forum - Securing the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Location: Honolulu, Hawaii. A pre-meeting to the 24th Annual Pacific Rim Conference; sponsored by the Center on Disability Studies (HI UCEDD). As a PacRim conference prelude event, the one-and-a-half day forum will be infused with new strategic thinking for the realization of those rights as encoded in the UN Convention. The unprecedented global support for the convention and the dynamic momentum generated in its wake, make this an opportune time to convene a discussion of these important issues and questions:

  • What are implications of the Convention to persons with disabilities in countries of the Asian Pacific Region?
  • What are regional concerns surrounding implementation of the CRPD?
  • What are special issues confounding "developing countries" as they seek to implement the Convention?
  • How can applying the guiding principles of the Convention affect positive real change for persons with disabilities?

The forum will be participant driven and focuses around issues and needs of the attendees. Those interested in speaking and or participating at the Forum, please contact Dr. Robert A. Stodden. For more information and to register for the Forum, visit the PacRim 2008 Conference webpage or email [email protected].

 

New Event Highlight

November 4–7, 2007: International Disability Conference in the Commonwealth. Taking place in Kampala, Uganda, the Disability Fraternity in Uganda is organizing the first ever Disability Conference in the Commonwealth in the run up to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) to be held in Kampala. The theme of the conference, ‘Promoting Disability Rights: The inclusive way of Transforming Commonwealth societies to achieve Political, Economic and Human Development,' is derived from the theme of the CHOGM. It connotes that without promoting disability rights the transformation of societies will not be inclusive as persons with disabilities will be left out of the process. Visit the AUCD International Webpage for more information.

 

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