We need your support!

Mamh was founded in October 1991 by several European doctors who have one joint goal: a better quality of life for all people with intellectual disabilities. In an annual meeting the members of the executive and delegate board meet and discuss how specialised and mainstream health care for the intellectually disabled in Europe can be further improved.

In several European countries, in particular Eastern and South European countries, the care for intellectually disabled people is still insufficient.

The main objective of Mamh is to make good medical care available for people with intellectual disability in all European Countries and to have Intellectual Disability Medicine acknowledged as a specialty.

We try to achieve this through publications, participation in and organisation of congresses etc. In 2003 a European manifesto on basic standards of health care for people with intellectual disability was published and presented to governments and health care organisations in different countries. At this moment the manifesto is available in 11 languages i.e. Dutch, English, French, German, Croatian, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Rumanian, Macedonian and Italian. More translations will soon follow.

In order to achieve and implement improvements in the care for people with an intellectual disability, the help and expertise of our members is essential. The more members we have, the more we can do to improve life for the intellectually disabled. Therefore we are always looking for new members who, like us, feel involved and share our idea that, despite the fact that people with intellectual disability may have special needs, they have the right to equal participation in society and the same Human Rights as other citizens.

We would like to ask you to join Mamh as a member and in this way contribute to the above mentioned perspective. The membership fee amounts only 25 euro’s per year for an individual member (for East European members 3 euro’s). Organisations pay 3 euro per member. In return for the membership you receive a quarterly email newsletter and have access to the Mamh website with the latest information on the field of intellectual disability medicine. You will receive invitations for our congresses and meetings, a reduced fee for participation in IASSID congresses, have the advantage of a network and the most important of all: you can really make a difference.

If you decide to support us, please complete the membership registration form and send it to our Administrative office in Rotterdam. As soon as we receive your application, we will send you a welcoming letter, together with payment instructions and some relevant information. If you have any questions please feel free to contact our administrative office.

Thank you!

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