Agenda and Speaker Abstracts

Welcome and BRI Update

Presenter: Virginia Wright

Evaluation of Care

Presenter: Evdokia Anagnostou: ASD: Where is the lesion, what is the lesion and where do we go from here?

Presenter: Falisha Karpati: Gait Outcomes Assessment List (GOAL): Development of a patient priority-centered outcome measure for children with ambulatory cerebral palsy

Innovation and Development

Presenter: Jan Andrysek: Artificial limbs for a global need: the LC Knee™ project

Presenter: Dominik Wyss: Advancing artificial knee joint control mechanisms: achieving high performance using simple machines

Evidence to Care

Introduction:
Shauna Kingsnorth and Sonya Corkum
A series of brief presentations with a focus on key messages will showcase research projects exploring barriers to evidence-informed practice, systematic reviews of health interventions, and clinical practice guideline development and implementation in this new segment targeting the knowledge-to-action framework

Presenters:

Ashley Edwards: A systematic review of disability awareness interventions for children and youth

James Christensen: Current opinions and implementation rates of Canadian prosthetic and orthotic clinicians on evidence based practice

Tessa Gresley-Jones and Lauren Switzer: A Transfer of Knowledge from Research to Practice: Improving Bone Health Among Children with Physical Disabilities/Restrictions

Participation and Inclusion

Presenter: Barb Gibson: Rethinking Independence and Dependence: The Interconnectedness of Persons and Assistive Technologies

Presenter: Coralee McLaren: Kindergarten kids in motion: Rethinking Inclusive classrooms for optimal learning

The Mickey Milner International Professorship
Lecture

Keynote Speaker: Professor Rob Imrie, Department of Geography, King's College London

Disability and an evaluation of the social relations of research production