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| The Chair |
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Contact Information: Daniel K. Davies |
| The Chair Elect |
Contact Information: Yves Lachapelle, Ph.D. |
Daniel K. Davies, Founder and President of AbleLink Technologies
Inc. in Colorado Springs CO., has been actively involved in research
and development of assistive technology for individuals with intellectual
and cognitive disabilities for 15 years. He has been closely associated
with issues important to individuals with intellectual disabilities
and their families all his life, having an older brother, John,
with severe mental retardation. He received a Bachelors degree in
Psychology in 1982 from Bethel College, Arden Hills, MN and a Masters
degree in Clinical/ Applied Experimental Psychology in 1984 from
the University of Colorado. He is an Adjunct Research Associate
to the University of Kansas’ Beach Center on Disability, and
also serves on the management team of the Beach Center’s Disability
and Rehabilitation Research Project (DRRP) on Technology Use and
Mental Retardation. He has served as Principal Investigator/Project
Advisor on over 35 different research and development projects specifically
addressing technology and intellectual disabilities.
Yves Lachapelle, Ph.D., is a former special educator for persons
with intellectual disabilities and a researcher. He now holds a
tenured professor’s position at the Psychoéducation
Department of the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières.
Yves has a B.A in Psychology, an M.A. in Education Sciences and
a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology. He just ended his term as the
Canadian member-at-large serving on the National Board of Directors,
is the director of the Quebec Chapter of AAMR, and the liaison between
the International Activities Committee and the National Board. Yves
worked on the French translation of the 2002 Definition and the
organization of a training seminar held in Montréal. He cofounded
and is the director of a research lab on intellectual disabilities
at his department. Yves also serves as a board member of the National
Consortium on Social Inclusion and as well as a rehabilitation centre
in Quebec. In collaboration with colleagues from U.S.A., Belgium,
France, Spain and Ireland, he has worked on the creation and Chairs
an International research group on Self-Determination and Quality
of Life (http://www.uqtr.ca/GIRAQ). He recently cosigned two chapters
(Self-Determination and Quality of Life) on a French Handbook on
Intellectual Disabilities.
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| The Chair |
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Contact Information: Daniel K. Davies |
| The Chair Elect |
Contact Information: Yves Lachapelle, Ph.D. |