The meeting is organized under the auspices of the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM).
Cerebral palsy and other developmental disabilities are worldwide medical problems. Thousands of physicians and therapists, who participated in previous meetings organized in Turkey, Greece, Poland, Israel, Lebanon, Russia have sought to prevent and to treat the functional consequences of these diseases. The purpose of the academy is to bring together interdisciplinary members especially interested in problems with developmental medicine and cerebral palsy. It is a forum for discussions, presentations and lectures. It is a place of getting and using the best therapeutic information and for making the best medical decisions for each patient.