SIRG - Comparative Policy and Practice

Special Interest Research Group on Comparative Policy and Practice

Mission
The Special Interest Research Group on Comparative Policy and Practice exists to further the planning, coordinating and conducting of activities relevant to all aspects of comparative policy and practice in the field of intellectual disabilities. Its mission is to

(i) Provide a focus for the worldwide exchange and dissemination of research comparing policy and practice in intellectual disability.

(ii) Promote cross-national, multidisciplinary collaboration in comparative policy and practice, with the aim of improving the lives of people with intellectual disabilities, their families and carers, throughout the world.

(iii) Serve as a medium for deliberation, exchange of ideas, knowledge, skills and experience and for compilation, publication and dissemination of information about comparative policy and practice in intellectual disability.