Official Programme

AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Scholarship Recipients-Advocates
Sarah Deli Rosa, PHILIPPINES
Ram Prasad Dhungana, NEPAL
Ngugen Vu Khank Duong, VIETNAM
Channtey Heng, CAMBODIA
Min Swet Htet, MYANMAR
Alisha Neupane, NEPAL
Aminath Neeshan Niyaz, MALDIVES
Rinchart Owatwunasakul, THAILAND
Phon Sovann, CAMBODIA
Khing Zar Thwe, MYANMAR
Sefanaia Vakarau Valesinede, FIJI
Lee May Yoong, MALAYSIA
Distinguished Achievement Award (Research) is given in recognition
of formulations and investigations which have contributed significantly to the sciences
related to intellectual and developmental disabilities, for either a major single contribution or
a sustained and important contribution over a lifetime.
Nicholas Lennox, University of Queensland, AUSTRALIA
Distinguished Achievement Award (Scientific Literature)
recognizes an outstanding publication, published since the last World Congress (July 2012),
which contributes substantially to the literature in the field of intellectual and developmental
disabilities
Pauline Heslop, Norah Fry Research Centre, University of Bristol, UK
Fellow Status
Fellowship in IASSIDD is recognition by peers in the International Association for the Scientific
Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities of outstanding contributions in the field
of intellectual and developmental disabilities. IASSIDD Fellows are members who have
earned distinction by their scientific or practical contribution to the field of intellectual and
developmental disabilities or by their dedication to the affairs of the Association. A
complete list of fellows is available at https://www.iassidd.org/content/iassid-fellows.
Fabrizio Fea, ITALY
Sheryl Larson, USA
Nicholas Lennox, AUSTRALIA
Gwynnyth Llewellyn, AUSTRALIA
Hélène Ouellette-Kuntz, CANADA
John Rose, UK
Tim Stainton, CANADA
Vianne Timmons, CANADA
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