January 17, 2019 (Silver Spring, MD)
The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) is pleased to announce and congratulate the individuals who have been selected to receive awards of the Association in 2019.
Each year, AAIDD honors selected individuals or groups who have made outstanding contributions to the field. A call for award nominations is issued in the fall of each year and awards are presented at the annual meeting of the Association. The 2019 awards recognizing outstanding contributions or special achievement are:
Dybwad Humanitarian Award
David Coulter, MD, FAAIDD, Boston Children's Hospital & Harvard Medical School
Early Career Award
Meghan M. Burke, PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Education Award
Carol Britton Laws, PhD, FAAIDD, University of Georgia
Hervey B. Wilbur Historic Preservation Award
Western Pennsylvania Disability History Action Consortium
International Award
Chun-yu Chiu, PhD, FAAIDD, National Taiwan Normal University
Leadership Award
MaryAnn Romski, PhD, FAAIDD, Georgia State University
Research Award
Susan L. Parish, PhD, FAAIDD, Northeastern University
Service to the Association Award
Vincent Chesney, MS, FAAIDD, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Selinsgrove State Center
Service to the Field Award
Neomi van Duijvenbode, PhD, Tactus Addiction Institute
Special Award
Département de Psychologie at Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Student Award
Ariel Schwartz, MS, Boston University
The awards ceremony will be held during AAIDD’s 143rd Annual Meeting in St. Paul, Minnesota from June 24-27, 2019.
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Founded in 1876, AAIDD is the oldest professional association concerned with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Learn more about the organization at http://www.aaidd.org