Morning sessions
Chair: Douglas Sorocco (USA)
9. 00: How to use the UN Convention on Disability Rights to Improve Opportunities 20’
Jon Burke, Your Voice in ASBAH, UK adult group, Peterborough, UK
9.20: Drawing Smiles 20’
Dr. Alice Rajaratnam, Dublin, Ireland
9.40: Preparing to Achieve My Optimum Level of Independence 20’
Julie Yindra, USA
10.00: Panel on employment experiences:
- Tom Baroch (USA)
- Dulce Brito (Portugal)
- Victoria Sandoval (Guatemala),
11.00: Coffee Break
11.30: Let them Grow! Let them go! Transition into Adulthood
- Drª Maria da Paz Carvalho (Rehabilitation Centre of Alcoitão, Portugal) 15’
- Drª Helen Healy (Bloorview Kids Rehab/Toronto Rehabilitation Institute for Adults, Canada) 15’
- David Morrissey (USA) 15’
12.15: Panel “Young Adults: Starting the Transition” 45’
- Eli Skattebu (Norway)
- Ann-Eli Spiten (Norway)
- David Morrissey (USA)
- Drª Helen Healy (Canada)
- Drª Maria da Paz Carvalho (Portugal)
13.00: Lunch
Afternoon sessions
Chair: Mr. Pierre Mertens
14.30: Primary prevention of Neural Tube Defects and Flour Fortification with Folic Acid
Dr Joe Mulinare, Chief, Prevention Research & Health Communications Team, US Center of Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA
15.00: Humour, Art and Sports “Get-together” – Movies, music, talks, jokes, performances in bistro style
- Dancing with a Difference
Henrique Amoedo
- Competition Sports and Disability
Regina Mirandela da Costa
- Sailing for the disabled
Alexandre Aranda
- Fencing for the disabled
- Humour and Disability
Beatriz Quintela (Ass.Red Nose Intervention)
17.00: Closing sessions
20.00: Closing Dinner
