Welcome to AADDM2012 Conference | Australian Association of Developmental Disability Medicine
Invitation
On behalf of the organising committee, it is our pleasure to invite you to the Australian Association of Developmental Disability Medicine (AADDM) 2012 Conference, to be held in Sydney on March 8-10, 2012.
The 2012 conference will be an ideal learning opportunity for medical practitioners, policy makers, academics and government. Our core mission is to enhance the lives of people with intellectual disability by promoting improved understanding of complex medical and psychiatric disorders experienced by this marginalised group.
The conference aims to bring together many of today’s leading medical practitioners in the field and provides an ideal opportunity to enhance understanding of the joint work undertaken by health practitioners, disability workers, carers and consumers. The conference aims to improve the health and well-being of people with intellectual disability through the sharing of information related to research, clinical practice, service models and best practice.
Conference delegates may also wish to see the wonderful sights that Sydney has to offer. Destinations such as the Opera House, the Harbour Bridge, Darling Harbour, the Rocks and Bondi Beach are just minutes away from the conference venue.
We look forward to meeting you in Sydney.
Julian Trollor
Chair, Intellectual Disability Mental Health, School of Psychiatry
University Of New South Wales
Convenor, AADDM2012 Conference
Jacqueline Small
Senior Staff Specialist and Paediatrician in Developmental Disabilities
Children’s Hospital, Westmead
Co-Convenor, AADDM2012 Conference
President's Welcome Message
Welcome to the Australian Association of Developmental Disability Medicine (AADDM) 2012 Conference. AADDM is delighted to bring people from diverse backgrounds together to share ideas, and to support and inspire each other. AADDM was formed in 2002 as a network of medical practitioners aiming to improve the health status of people with intellectual and developmental disability. The association has a substantial track record of contributing to improvements in healthcare through the support of health and disability professionals, as well as through our major contributions to evidence based health policy and practice changes, at the state and national level.
We are delighted to have attracted speakers who are international leaders in their fields and who will no doubt enthuse and encourage ideas and discussion as they explore our three major themes of mental health, physical health through the life span, and health service development.
I hope that the conference progresses the association’s mission to improve the health of people with developmental disabilities throughout Australia; not only by facilitating the transfer of skills and knowledge, but also by delivering you a timely and inspired revitalization. I welcome the diverse backgrounds of the conference delegates and wish to acknowledge how each of you are working to make a real difference to the lives of people with developmental disability.
Nick Lennox
President, Australian Association of Developmental Disability Medicine
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