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CBR Seminar at the University of Sydney 6-7 Oct 2011[17 January 2012]
Held in conjunction with visit of ALA Fellows from Vietnam and Lao PDR, Dr Penafrancia Ching from the Phillippines and the ICF team from Taiwan More
The Sydney Commitment - World Report on Disability Symposium 5-6 December 2011[15 December 2011]
The World Report on Disability - Implications For Asia And The Pacific Symposium hosted by the University of Sydney in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) More
Think Before You Measure Symposium June 2011[12 April 2011]
The fields of health, functioning and disability present many measurement challenges. Meaningful, interconnected research, measurement and information systems rely on agreements on basic concepts, definitions and classifications. Person-centred practice, interdisciplinary communication, cost effective services. All demand such basic conceptual clarity. New developments in health and community services systems require renewed effort to apply these basic building blocks of information to policy and practice, so as to meet the main information needs of diverse stakeholders. More
Lecture by Professor Tom Shakespeare March 2011[12 March 2011]
"Many government agencies, NGOs and disabled people's organisations currently aim to mainstream disability," says Professor Shakespeare. "But what does this actually mean in practice?" More
Lecture by Professor Sally Hartley - February 2011[12 February 2011]
[[b||Health Sciences Research Seminar]]Community Action Research on Disability in ganda An innovative approach to development research More
Annual meeting of the WHO-FIC Canada October 2010[13 September 2010]
The annual meeting of the WHO International Classification took place in Toronto Canada in October 2010 More
Annual meeting of the WHO Family of International Classifications[16 October 2009]
Seoul Korea 12 October 2009, papers and posters available More
The recent ICF research seminar at the Faculty of Health Sciences[10 July 2009]
Lecture: 'The ICF, a unifying framework for human functioning and rehabilitation research' More