The vision for the IFDM is to gather representatives & stakeholders  in disability management from all over the world, to assemble global  perspectives on consensus-based best practices, cutting-edge research  and successful disability management policies and programs.

Call for abstracts

Key topics:

The role of the State

• Benefits and incentives for employers
• Mobility of labour market inc
• Issues around retirement
• Case presentations and small group problem solving
• Doctor knows best – medical models vs real life
• Supporting sustainable careers

Transforming models of disability

• How do you persuade the medical profession to change their approach to the models of disability?
• How do you persuade Governments, internationally, to change their approach to engaging disabled people in society and the economy?
• How do you persuade Intermediaries and Employers to change their approach to the models of disability when supporting or employing disable people?
• How will the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and a quota system shape the employment of disabled people internationally?
• Is mental ill health a disability? Are Aspergers or Autism considered in the same light?
• What constitutes a 'good job' for a disabled person? What are the elements of a job that will facilitate the employment of disabled people?

Disability management in practice

• Cultural issues
• Mental illness
• Learning disabilities
• Fluctuating conditions
• Cultural issues
• Spinal muscular disorder and back pain
• Patient empowerment – transforming recovery

Deadline for submission:  29 January 2012

Additional information on abstracts:   http://ifdm2012.rsm.ac.uk/abstracts.html

Conference Website

http://ifdm2012.rsm.ac.uk