The theme of the conference in 2006 is "Public Health and Human Rights." Papers which reflect this theme are encouraged, but the forum invites abstracts in all areas of disability policy, practice, and research.
The topic areas for sessions in 2006 include but are not limited to:
- Accessibility
- Assistive Technology and Education and Training
- Children and Adolescents with Disabilities
- Disability SPIG Business Meeting
- Disability SPIG Chair's Forum
- Disability SPIG Roundtable
- Disability Surveillance
- Disability and Health
- Disability and Health I
- Disability and Health II
- Disability and Health III
- Disability and Health Promotion I
- Disability and Health Promotion II
- Environmental Issues
- Health Care
- Health Care and Personal Assistance Services
- Policy and Practice
- Student Research
Abstracts are limited to 250 words. The submission deadline is February 21, 2006.
The DisAbility Forum offers three types of sessions:
- Scientific sessions--oral presentations of 15 minutes (+ 5 minutes Q & A). Priority for these sessions is given to scientific presentations of more developed work, which usually includes some level of data analysis.
- Poster sessions--"DisAbility Resource Fair". This format is most appropriate for descriptions of developing work, new intervention programs, resource centers, etc.
- Special Session. A thematic group of four papers can be proposed for a special session on a topic related to Disability and Public Health.
All presenters will be expected to make their presentations accessible to all participants. Presenters will be notified about the DisAbility SPIG required guidelines for accessibility.
Students: The DisAbility SPIG is committed to developing future leaders in the field. Submissions from students are encouraged, and students should indicate their student status in the Comments box.
Abstract Review Procedures
Abstracts are reviewed anonymously by three professionals in public health and disability. Abstracts are rank ordered using the total mean score from the three reviewers. Review criteria include: Importance/Originality, Methods, Supporting Data, Conclusions
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