ECA - European Conductive Association

13/10/2026

Mit NICE - Centre for Movement Disorders – Ich gehöre jetzt zu seinen/ihren Top-Fans! 🎉

11/10/2026

International Girls Day- it is such an important day also for girls with disabilities - show the world what you are able to do!

Graphik created with AI

08/10/2026

🌍💚 Unique AND United – together for change.

At our latest ECA Board Meeting, we stood together to mark World Cerebral Palsy Day and to raise awareness of something we strongly believe in: Conductive Education can be an important tool for people living with cerebral palsy.

Every person with CP is unique, with their own strengths, goals and potential. Conductive Education can support many people with CP in developing skills, building confidence, increasing independence and actively participating in everyday life.

As the European Conductive Association, we want to help make sure that Conductive Education is recognised as one valuable approach within the diverse support available to people with cerebral palsy.

We are Unique AND United — and together, we can help create more opportunities for people with CP to participate, learn, grow and shape their own lives. 💚

05/10/2026

💚 World Cerebral Palsy Day – Unique and United

On 6 October, we mark World Cerebral Palsy Day . Under the theme , the day celebrates the diversity of people with cerebral palsy (CP) while highlighting the importance of inclusion, participation, and access to appropriate support.

Cerebral palsy does not affect everyone in the same way. It can influence movement, posture and coordination in very different ways and may be accompanied by additional challenges. That is why individualised and continuous support and rehabilitation are so important.

🌱 Conductive Education and rehabilitation can be an important part of this support.

By combining educational and therapeutic approaches, Conductive Education supports people with cerebral palsy in developing their abilities, promoting independence and expanding opportunities for participation in everyday life.

The focus is not on the disability, but on the individual person, their abilities, goals and potential.

Around 50 million people worldwide live with cerebral palsy. At the same time, many children – particularly in countries with fewer resources – still do not have access to rehabilitation or other essential support services.

👉 Our commitment: People with cerebral palsy should have access to the support, education and rehabilitation services they need – regardless of where they live or how significantly they are affected.

Unique in our needs. United in our call for participation and inclusion. 💚

05/10/2026

FRIENDS – not only for children, but for all of us.

Peter Rosenbaum’s F-words remind us that Friends are essential for every child’s development. But we adults need Friends, too – especially when we want to create meaningful change.

Over the past days in Birmingham, the ECA Board and invited international colleagues came together at NICE and PCA to work on the future of Conductive Education and Rehabilitation.

Our focus was on new international Master’s programmes, European projects, stronger exchange across Europe, and connecting expertise from Europe, the USA and Hong Kong. Above all, we explored how education, research and practice can work together to strengthen the professional development of Conductive Education internationally.

What made these days special was the combination of expertise, openness, trust and friendship.

A heartfelt thank you to Dr Annamaria Berger Jones and the NICE/PCA team for their wonderful hospitality and for creating such a warm and inspiring atmosphere.

And thank you to Dr Roberta O’Shea, Dr Ivan Su, Dr Zsófi Kállay, Thorsten Gegenwart, Daniela Fülle, Tiphaine Sezin, Szabolcs Tóth, Jennifer Moreau and all colleagues who contributed their knowledge, ideas and energy.

We all need Friends to grow – and we need Friends to create the future.

From Birmingham, we take home new ideas, new connections and a strong shared commitment to turn them into action. 🌍🤝

02/08/2026

☀️💛Summertime and holidays! Have a good time … and think to walk barefoot!👣👣👣💚☀️

06/07/2026

🎉Participation - activity - self-determination - fun! CE works in the sense of daily routines and the f-words!🤗🤼🏹🥏🏊🏼‍♀️🏇🏻🥋👨🏻‍🍳👯‍♂️😎☀️


Picture produced by AI!

09/06/2026

Together Shaping the Future

As the EACD 2026 Congress in Galway comes to a close, we look back with gratitude on several days filled with inspiring encounters, scientific excellence, and meaningful international collaboration.

We are particularly proud of the strong presence of the Conductive Education and Rehabilitation community of Austria and Hungary. Colleagues from across Europe, Asia, Northamerica and beyond contributed through presentations, poster sessions, workshops, and scientific discussions, demonstrating the value of holistic, family-centred, and functional approaches for children and young people with disabilities.

The many conversations with researchers, clinicians, therapists,pedagogues , families, people with lived experience and self-advocates reinforced an important message: real progress happens when different disciplines and perspectives come together with a shared commitment to improving lives.

A sincere thank you to everyone who represented EACD with professionalism, passion, and scientific integrity. Every contribution helped strengthen the visibility and recognition of our field within the broader childhood disability community.

The National Coordinators Meeting was another highlight, reflecting the strength of our growing European network and our shared determination to advance inclusion, participation, and quality of life for children and families.

As we look ahead, exciting opportunities lie before us. The prospect of having an even stronger voice within the EACD, including future representation at Board level in 2027, offers an important chance to contribute to the strategic development of childhood disability services, research, and advocacy across Europe.
The congress may be over, but the work continues.
For the children. For the families.
For participation, inclusion, and the best possible quality of life.

09/06/2026

We will meet next year in Greece!🇬🇷

A strong Greek & Cypriot presence at this year’s EACD Galway 2026 Conference, with meaningful contributions from the European University Cyprus, University of Thessaly, University of West Attica and ELEPAP -Rehabilitation for The Disabled. It was inspiring to see so many opportunities for collabor...

06/06/2026

🤗Proud to be part of such an inspiring international community.

At the EACD Galway 2026 , colleagues from North America, Hungary and Austria showcased their work through lectures and poster presentations, contributing valuable perspectives to the ongoing discussion about childhood disability, participation and rehabilitation.

A special thank you from the President of ECA and the whole Board to Thorsten Gegenwarth, Patricia Herbst, Dean Prof. Andrea Zsebe, Erika Kolombán, Dr. Andrea Benyowsky, Dr. Ibolya Turi, Emma Reynolds, Sven Saurwein, Gabriele Molnár and Ines Egle and others for sharing their expertise and commitment.

The strength of our field lies in collaboration across borders, professions and generations. Every presentation, every discussion and every new connection helps move us closer to a more inclusive future for children and adults with disabilities.

Neurorehabilitation, Conductive and inclusive Education was represented in clinical expertise, educational innovation and inter- and transdisciplinary exchange, demonstrating its continued contribution to the international disability and rehabilitation community.




Together, we learn. Together, we grow. Together, we create opportunities for participation and inclusion.