The European Academy of Childhood-onset Disability (EACD) is an international not-for-profit association for anyone with a clinical and/or scientific interest in childhood-onset disabilities in Europe. The mission of the EACD is to promote research and education for the benefit of people with childhood-onset disabilities throughout Europe and beyond. Their members are working in areas including but not limited to (neuro)pediatrics, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, physical medicine and rehabilitation, speech and language therapy, orthopedic surgery, psychiatry, dietitians, nursing, social-work, and special education. To promote teaching and facilitate sharing of information, research and good practice, the EACD has set up a separate education website with different learning resources: video lectures, publications, and meetings archives. EACD members play an important part in the Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology journal’s editorial development.
Annual Meeting
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Offers and Promotions
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20% off Mac Keith Press Books and eBooks and Editorial Services
Your society representatives can supply you with discount codes for books. For editorial services, you can simply state your membership when completing the estimator form.
20% discount on Mac Keith Press Courses and Hammersmith Neurological Examinations annual subscriptions.
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Key Books
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Key Papers in DMCN
‘Composing a new symphony’: Co-construction, impact creation, and innovation for individuals with childhood-onset disabilities
Invited editorial by EACD Bruges 2024 Meeting President Elegast Monbaliu.
International clinical practice recommendations on the definition, diagnosis, assessment, intervention, and psychosocial aspects of developmental coordination disorder
These international clinical practice recommendations (CPR) for developmental coordination disorder (DCD), initiated by the European Academy of Childhood-onset Disability (EACD), aim to address key questions on the definition, diagnosis, assessment, intervention, and psychosocial aspects of DCD relevant for clinical practice.
Austerity and families with disabled children: a European survey
This study describes the impact austerity measures have had on families with disabled children across Europe and on professionals providing services for them.
Teleintervention for users of augmentative and alternative communication devices: A systematic review
Effectiveness of wheeled mobility skill interventions in children and young people with cerebral palsy: A systematic review
This systematic review addresses the effectiveness of wheeled mobility interventions in children and young people with cerebral palsy (CP).
Developmental trajectories of spoken language comprehension and functional communication in children with cerebral palsy: A prospective cohort study
Results of this study show how children with cerebral palsy have delayed SLC, SWC, and functional communication development compared with norm and reference groups. Remarkably, functional mobility was not associated with the development of SLC, SWC, or functional communication.
Eye movements and stress during eye-tracking gaming performance in children with dyskinetic cerebral palsy
This study aimed to explore eye movements and stress during eye-tracking gaming performance in children with dyskinetic cerebral palsy (CP) compared with typically developing children, and associations between eye-tracking performance, eye movements, stress, and participants’ characteristics.
Video Spotlight
DMCN publishes a lively programme of podcasts, featuring interviews and discussions with authors, editors and reviewers.
Selected highlights from DMCN video podcasts