International Conference Dis/Ability Communication

Following from Prof. Mathew Martin:

The International Conference Dis/Ability Communication: Perspectives and Challenges in the 21st Century (ICDC-2017) will be held at Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini (RMP), Uttan, 35km from the international airport at Mumbai, India, 9-11 January, 2017. 

The ICDC-2017 conference is being organized by the Department of Communication and Journalism (DCJ), University of Mumbai, in collaboration with AYJNIHH, Bandra, Mumbai, India and the research group CCD, Communication, Culture & Diversity at Jönköping University...

Call for Abstracts/Papers: Deadlines

30 August 2016: Deadline submission of abstracts

15 October 2016: Acceptance/rejection notification of abstracts

1 December 2016: Full Paper Submission deadline

9-11 January: ICDC-2017 conference

The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Dis/Ability Communication
• Dis/Ability Rights
• Dis/Ability Narratives and Culture
• Accessible Technology
• Exploring Diversity and Dis/Ability

The following sub-themes are of interest:

• Rehabilitation,
• Ethics,
• Audiences-Media and Disability,
• Language,
• Education,
• Interpreters and captioning,
• Audio-description,
• Accessibility,
• Digital Accessibility,
• Accessible Websites,
• Accessible Environment,
• Multimodal Communication,
• Participation in Communication

Conference calendar

15 June 2016: Abstract submission opens

30 August 2016: Deadline submission of abstracts

15 October 2016: Acceptance/rejection notification of abstracts

15 October 2016: Conference registration opens

1 December 2016: Full paper submission deadline

1 December 2016: Conference registration deadline

15 December 2016: Conference schedule announced

8 January 2017: Participants arrival at the conference venue

9-11 January 2017: Conference dates

12 January 2017: Departure of participants from the conference venue

For details:

http://icdc2016-universityofmumbai.org/call-for-abstracts.html