21st Seattle Club Conference on Research in Intellectual and Developmental DisabilitiesInfo Location Contact More Info Event Information
DescriptionThe 21st Seattle Club Conference, hosted by King’s College London, will bring together researchers in intellectual and developmental disabilities to share new knowledge, stimulate discussion, and generate ideas for future research. The focus this year is on health inequalities and avoidable deaths in people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and on advances in inclusive and participatory research. In keeping with the Seattle Club tradition, all delegates will be active researchers and will present their findings at the conference. There will be just one session so that everyone can attend all of the talks. These days, more teams doing research about intellectual and developmental disabilities have co-researchers with lived experiences who do not come from university backgrounds. We want to make sure that these co-researchers feel welcome. Therefore we are asking you to submit an Easy Read version of your abstract and consider ways of presenting your study that will be most meaningful to a diverse audience. Please contact [email protected] if you have any questions. We look forward to seeing you in December!
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ContactPlease contact Dr Deborah Chinn, King’s College London if you have any questions. More InformationThe conference dates are Thursday 12th and Friday 13th December 2024 at ORTUS in south London. A conference dinner will be held on Thursday 12th December. There are a small number of free places for students who are not presenting research as well as for non-academic co-researchers who are co-authors on accepted presentations. Please contact [email protected] to apply. Conference fees are anticipated to be £150 for two days.
Keynote speakersProfessor Andre Strydom, King’s College London. Professor Strydom heads the NHS England LeDer (Learning from Lives and Deaths - People with a Learning Disability and Autistic People) programme based at King’s College London. He is a specialist in the Psychiatry of intellectual disabilities and an expert in ageing-related issues and cognitive issues associated with Down syndrome.
Professor Jan Walmsley, The Open University. Professor Walmsley is Visiting Professor in the History of Learning Disabilities. She is the founder or the Social History of Learning Disability Research Group at the Open University and a leading proponent of inclusive research with people with intellectual disabilities.
Transport and AccommodationORTUS is located close to Denmark Hill station which is served by London Overground and British Rail trains. There are direct links to Victoria (9 minutes), Blackfriars (10 minutes), Canada Water (12 minutes), Lewisham (13 minutes), Farringdon (16 minutes) and St Pancras for King’s Cross (20 minutes). There are buses linking Denmark Hill to Brixton and Oval underground stations (Routes 40, 42, 68, 176, 185, 468, 484). There are a number of budget hotels accessible via public transport: Travelodge (Farringdon, King’s Cross, Vauxhall, Waterloo) Premier Inn (Victoria, King’s Cross, Waterloo, Farringdon, Blackfriars, Brixton) Please contact the organisers if you need any help with arranging transport or accommodation.
Conference dinnerThis will be held at Ev Restaurant: The Arches 97-99 Isabella Street, London SE1 8DD Directions from the conference venue:
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