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Plenary Lectures
| Rick Guidotti, USA Positive Exposure Rick Guidotti, an international fashion photographer, has started in recent years to photograph people with disabilities. In his lecture he shares his special journey and e stresses the importance he sees in bringing out the beauty in each human being, accentuating the person rather than their disability. The link to Mr. Guidotti’s TedTalk – a shortened version of the lecture he gave at the international conference. |  | |
| Patrick Corrigan Illinois Institute of Technology, USA Erasing the Stigma of Mental Illness: What Says the Dodo Bird? In his lecture, which was delivered at the opening session of the sixth international conference on disabilities held at Beit Issie Shapiro, Prof. Corrigan speaks about ways of reducing stigmatization of people with mental disabilities. | | |
| Beatriz Miranda-Galarza VU University of Amsterdam, Ecuador That Stupid Thing Called Love: Siblinghood, Disability and Love Dr. Miranda-Galarza invites the audience to understand the logic governing day to day life, as well as the experiences of siblings of people with disabilities, in order to improve upon existing and future programs and policy. | | |
| Pat Levitt Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and the University of Southern California, USA Neurodevelopmental Disorder Heterogeneity, Brain Development and Plasticity Over the Lifespan In his lecture, Prof. Pat Levitt describes the great heterogeneity of the brain, which makes people different from each other and is a significant challenge to treating people with disabilities | |
