Submit an Abstract

The conference of will be face to face only.

If your abstract is accepted you must register and attend the conference in person. No one is paid to present at the conference.

It will be in Sydney from Wednesday 12 to Friday 14 November.

The conference theme is Learning from the Past, Shaping the Future. You can submit an abstract to present a paper at the conference. An abstract is a short paragraph explaining what you want.

You must submit your abstract by Friday, 18 April 2025.

You can submit more than one abstract.

The program committee will review all the abstracts. They will decide which to accept.

What to present

All presentations must be about people with intellectual disabilities or their families.

Your abstract should be about one of these topics: 

• An account of lived experiences or projects led by people with intellectual disabilities.
• A reflections or account of service models relevant to people with intellectual disabilities.
• A report of original research or evaluations relevant to people with intellectual disabilities.
• A commentary about policies, or issues or advocacy relevant to people with intellectual disabilities. 

You will have 20 minutes to talk and then 10 minutes to answer questions from people.

You can talk alone or with other people.

How to submit an abstract

There are three steps to submit your abstract:

Step 1: Create an account

• You must enter your email and create a password.
• We will send all information to this email address

When you have created an account sign in below with your account email address and password.

Step 2: Add your contact details

First you must create a contact. Go to the Contact Information tab.

When you have done this you will see the Abstrat Submission tab. Click on that and follow the directions

If you need help please contact the team at conference@asid.asn.au .

STEP 3: Put in details of your abstract

• Type information in the text boxes.

A) Presentation title – a short name for your presentation. Maximum 20 words.

B) Theme – which of the 4 conference topics below will you present on:

• An account of lived experiences or projects led by people with intellectual disabilities.
• A reflections or account of service models relevant to people with intellectual disabilities.
• A report of original research or evaluations relevant to people with intellectual disabilities.
• A commentary about policies, or issues or advocacy relevant to people with intellectual disabilities. 

C) Your abstract – What will you talk about. Maximum 150 words 

You must use these headings:

• Background: why this topic is important and what is the aim of your presentation.
• Method: what did you do.
• Findings: what did you find out.

Write in Plain language.

• Sentences are short
• Use active words. For example, I did this, I found this
• Do not use jargon, abbreviations, or acronyms
• Do not include references, tables, or pictures

D) Main messages – What are the 3 main things you want people to know after your presentation?

For example, You will understand why relationships are important to health. You will understand how to support relationships. You will understand why supporting relationships is so hard.

Write a sentence for each main of these. No more than 50 words each.

C) Presenter biographies – Describe yourself. Describe any other presenters. No more than 50 words for each person.

• Use the third person. For example, Brent works for the Education Department .
• Include the presenter’s position and their experience. For example, Brent is a consultant, and he has years of experience in disability services.
• Describe the presenter’s qualifications, awards, and published work (if applicable). For example, Brent has a PhD. He has published about policy and Positive Behaviour Support.

Make sure this information is relevant to the ASID conference.

More than one author
Often teams work on research and projects. Your abstract can have more than one author. But everyone who is going to talk at the conference must be registered and pay a registration fee. We will send all information about abstracts to the person who made the submission. Please share this information with all other authors as they will not receive separate information.