CANDDID Conference 2025

Join us for the Centre for Autism, Neuro-Developmental Disorders, and Intellectual Disability (CANDDID) Conference 2025 to listen to international experts talk about Health Inequalities and Neurodevelopmental Conditions.

Confirmed topics include:

• Access to healthcare for disabled children from under-served and under-represented communities;
• Health inequalities and neurodiversity, and also intellectual disability, in the context of intersectionality;
• Reducing mental health inequalities in autistic children and young people by improving access to therapeutic interventions
• Strategies to support access to A&E for children and young people with neurodevelopmental conditions.

Selected by the Editor-in-Chief, Sujeet Jaydeokar, the following articles will be free to access from 13 March 2025 to 13 April 2025:

EMDR therapy with people who have intellectual disabilities: process, adaptations and outcomes

Co-production of post-diagnostic psychosocial intervention with carers of people with intellectual disability and dementia

Systematic review of systematic reviews on psychological therapies for people who have intellectual disabilities: 1. Quality appraisal 

Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT): the impact of service changes due to COVID-19 on people with learning disabilities

Caregivers experiences of caring for people with intellectual disability and dementia: a qualitative evidence synthesis 

Co-design and development of a multi-component anxiety management programme for people with an intellectual disability 

Intellectual disability and autism in adults influence psychological treatments for mental health comorbidities 

Dementia education and training for caregivers supporting older people with intellectual disability: a scoping review of the literature

Universal Needs Based Resource Assessment (UNBRA) an objective approach to evaluate resources needed to support people with intellectual disability in an inpatient setting 

Project ECHO-AIDD: recommendations for care of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities