It's conference season!

Fresh from our exploits at the European Academy of Childhood-onset Disabilities (EACD) conference for 2024 in Bruges Belgium, this week we are off to the AusACPDM (The Australasian Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine) Conference in Cairns, North Queensland, Australia.

We're proud of our collaboration with the AusACPDM and much like our continued partnership with the EACD in 2023 and 2024 (and in 2025!), we're looking forward to giving you a behind the scenes look, with untold stories and interviews with some of the finest researchers in the world.

Also... we have a special announcement to make during the pod this week - so stay tuned and join us for an incredible week and if you are attending the conference, stop by the booth in the main exhibition hall and say hello - we'd love to meet you!

Jacinta R Quartermaine, Tanya A Rose, Megan L Auld, Leanne M Johnston

Abstract

This study explored the home-based participation of young people with cerebral palsy (CP) and described factors that make participation easier or harder. Fifteen young people with CP aged 15 to 26 years provided written reflections, photographs, or videos about their home-based participation experiences.

Data were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis. Self-reported reflections were grouped inductively into 129 codes, then 20 subthemes and 5 themes which emphasized CP characteristics, thoughts, emotions, equipment, environment, supports, and inclusion as important factors influencing home-based participation.

Young people with CP largely described the home environment as an inclusive place to participate.

Keywords: Cerebral palsy; home; participation; qualitative thematic analysis; young people.

EACD 2024 has been a symphonic masterpiece of a conference - see what we did there! 😉

This episode is our summary of the EACD conference for 2024, here in Bruges/Brugge Belgium. We take a look at the topics of conversation both here on the pod and throughout the conference, dinners, breakfasts, impromptu catchups and more.

We hope you enjoy - and we'll see you at EACD conference 2025!