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The Special Interest Research Group on Aging and Intellectual Disability (SIRG/AID) of the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disability was organized in 1990 and formally affiliated with the IASSID in 1995.

Officers
The current officers of the SIRG/AID are
Matthew P. Janicki, Ph.D., Chair
Email sirgaid@aol.com

Dawna Torres Mughal, Ph.D., Secretary
Email: mughal@gannon.edu

Philip Davidson, Ph.D., Treasurer
Email: davidsonph@aol.com

IASSID Council Representative from the SIRG/AID
Henny MJ Schrojenstein Lantman de Valk
Email: renhenny@knmg.nl

Mission
The organization has as its founding principles:

1. Provide a focus for the worldwide exchange and dissemination of research and practice, as well as networking, in the field of aging and intellectual disability. Aging is meant in a broad sense, encompassing lifespan developmental issues as well as those related to old age. A wide variety of professional groups are potential contributors and no specific profession is considered to have a predominance in this respect.

2. Promote cross-national, multidisciplinary collaboration in the area of aging and intellectual disability. The ultimate aim of the group is to improve the quality of life or and services for people with intellectual disabilities, their carers, and their families.

3. Provide a framework for the collation of information relating to the research interests, expertise, and publications of group members. Within the overall process of collaboration, the views and contributions of nonprofessionals, including people with intellectual disabilities and their families and friends, are a fundamental component, and will be given the priority they deserve.

Membership
Membership is open to persons with an interest in any facet of research or application related to aging and intellectual disabilities. Membership benefits include access to IASSID newsletters and notifications, reduced fees at IASSID and SIRG/AID annual roundtables, events, and conferences, advance notice of IASSID Congress and special meeting programs, access to a network of colleagues, and copies of SIRG/AID reports.

Annual membership assessment is US$20 per calendar year. Assessment can be paid directly to the SIRG/AID or as part of the annual membership dues to the IASSID.

For information on joining the SIRG/AID, contact the SIRG Secretary,
Dr.Dawna Torres Mughal at mughal@gannon.edu

or write to

Dr. Dawna Torres Mughal
IASSID SIRG/AID Secretary
Dietetics Program
Gannon University
109 University Square
Erie, PA 16541-0001
USA

Leadership
The SIRG/AID is governed by an executive committee of officers and a steering committee of 26 SIRG members who represent a range of nations and regions of the world.

Steering Committee
Giorgio Albertini (Italy)
Chris Bigby (Australia)
Nancy Breitenbach (France)
Raymond Ceccotto (Luxembourg)
Arthur Dalton (USA)
Philip Davidson (USA)
Kjerstin Ericsson (Sweden)
Meindert Haveman (the Netherlands)
Tamar Heller (USA)
James Hogg (Scotland)
Matthew Janicki (USA)
Hefsiba Liftshitz (Israel)
Marian Maaskant (the Netherlands)
Mary McCarron (Ireland)
Dawna Torres Mughal (USA)
Shraddha Shrestha (Nepal)
Reinhilde Stopppler (Germany)
Ryo Takahashi (Japan)
Noriaki Takeda (Japan)
David Thompson (UK)
Vladimir Trajkovski (Republic of Macedonia)
Henny Van Schrojenstein Lantman de Valk (the Netherlands)
Patricia Noonan Walsh (Ireland)
Kyo-Yu Wang (Taiwan)
Germain Weber (Austria)
Heather Wilkinson (Scotland)