On-site interviews

The EACD-IAACD congress is a meeting including all professions around childhood-onset disabilities as well as the children and people with lived experience, caregivers and their stakeholders.

Watch here the on-site interviews with professionals and persons with lived experiences recorded during the EACD-IAACD Congress 2025.

Get in touch and share according to our motto „Developing Networks – Networks for Development“.

Use our social media:

Please note: All videos on this page are linked to YouTube. By clicking the link, you will be redirected to YouTube.

Azucena Garcia-Ferro

Ep #48

Sebastian Schröder

In this episode, I talked to Dr. Sebastian Schröder Chair of the Scientific Committee about: What are are general movements and how do they help predict whether a baby might have CP. How an automated analysis of General Movements hopes to improve the future of predicting CP in babies with CP.

Azucena Garcia-Ferro

Ep #47

Álvaro Hidalgo-Robles

In this episode I talk with Álvaro Hidalgo- Robles about: How to quantify and measure the severity of hypotonia in children with central developmental hypotonia. Defining central developmental hypotonia and discussing whether these children are/should be eligible for a diagnosis of CP.

Azucena Garcia-Ferro

EP #46

Mercedes Ruiz Brünner

In this episode we talk about how Dr. Ruiz Brünner has found the congress so far and how it compares to the reality of Latin America. What has surprised her about the congress in general and the topics that have been discussed.

Azucena Garcia-Ferro

Ep#45

Georgina Henry

In this episode, I talk to Georgina Henry about : What fatigue feels like for her and how it impacts her daily life as someone living with CP. Why did she decide to use an auto-ethnographic approach for your study? What made her choose this method, and how did it help her reflect on your own experiences with fatigue?

Azucena Garcia-Ferro

Ep #44

Javier Merino Andres

In this episode I talk with Dr. Javier Merino Andres about: What is vestibular training and why is it relevant to improve gross motor function in children and youth with cerebral palsy.

Azucena Garcia-Ferro

Ep #43

Arnab Seal

In this episode, I talk to Dr. Arnab Seal about the following: How the IAACD was formed and its primary mission. What are some key global challenges that the IAACD is addressing right now in the field of childhood-onset disabilities

Azucena Garcia-Ferro

Ep #42

Xenia Diaz Alcolado

In this episode I talk to Xenia Diaz Alcolado about what it was like to receive her son's diagnosis and her journey since then. What is burn-on" and how it manifests itself in the lives of parents caring for children with complex needs.

Azucena Garcia-Ferro

Ep #41

Sylvia Mochabo

In this episode I speak to Sylvia Mochabo a disability advocate, Founder of the non-profit "Andy Speaks" and mother to three children, two of whom have a disability. We speak about her journey as a mother of two children with disabilities, her tireless work in Kenya to advance the rights of people with disabilities and also what her hopes are for the people with disabilities.

Azucena Garcia-Ferro

EP #40

Petra Van Schie, Henriette Stemerdink, Emma Hjalmarsson

In this Episode I interview Dr. Petra Van Schie, Dr. Henriette Stemerdink and Emma Hjalmarsson about what is frame running is and how it supports children and young adults with balance and mobility challenges.

Dayna Pool

EACD25 Dr Wade Shrader 4K

Wade Shrader

Pain trajectories in children with cerebral palsy undergoing orthopaedic surgery: opportunity for clinical impact. Care Coordination pathways for orthopaedic surgery. Keynote: CP and Surgery: what is in, in teh long term perspective

Dayna Pool

EACD25 Dr Elizabeth Boyer 4K

Elizabeth Boyer

Pain trajectories in children with cerebral palsy undergoing orthopaedic surgery: opportunity for clinical impact as well as your short oral on falling and avoidance behaviour.

Dayna Pool

EACD25 Professor Roslyn Boyd 4K

Roslyn Boyd

An overview of the EI day

Dayna Pool

EACD25 Professor Darcy Fehlings 4K

Darcy Fehlings

Where are we now when it comes to genetic biomarkers for children with cerebral palsy?

Dayna Pool

EACD25 Professor Christine Imms

Christine Imms

What is needed to optimise participation? Identifying targets for change in participation interventions

Dayna Pool

EACD25 Cathy Morgan

Cathy Morgan

Artificial intelligence and general movements assessment for early screening of cerebral palsy: Pathway to implementation

Dayna Pool

EACD25 Professor Stacey Dusing 4K

Stacey Dusing

Do we really play in our therapy sessions? Learn about the value and power of play!

Dayna Pool

EACD25 Sebastian Schroeder 4K

Sebastian Schroeder

Meet the Scientific Chair of EACD 2025 and find out what he is most excited about for this year's conference.

Dayna Pool

EACD25 Professor Iona Novak 4K

Iona Novak

Trafflic light update alert!: Find out the latest evidence for early intervention to improve outcomese in infants at high chance of cerebral palsy and neurodevelopmental disability

Dayna Pool

EACD25 Dr Sue Greaves 4K

Sue Greaves

What is so good about bimanual therapy?

Dayna Pool

EACD25 Prof Els Ortibus 4K

Els Ortibus

Evidence based assessment and international perspectives on early intervention in cerebral vision impairment: we need to assess much earlier!

Dayna Pool

EACD25 Prof Yannick Bleyenheuft 4K

Yannick Bleyenheuft

Implementation of Hand arm bimanual intensive therapy including lower extremities HABIT-ILE for toddlers and infants with unilateral and bilateral cerebral palsy: the evidence is here!

Dayna Pool

EACD25 Professor Rainer Blank 4K

Rainer Blank

President of EACD 2025: Developing Networks and Networks fo Development. Meet the driving force for this year's conference!