Johannes Fellinger

Head of the Institute for Neurology of Senses and Language

Johannes Kepler University

Austria

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The JKU based Research Institute for Developmental Medicine focuses on developmental disorders along the lifespan, their aetiology, developmental processes, treatment and intervention. Topics with high social relevance are addressed. The interdisciplinary cooperation between medicine and other fields such as clinical linguistics and clinical psychology allows a comprehensive view of patients. The research institute was founded in cooperation with the Institute for Sensory and Speech Neurology (ISSN) at the Convent Hospital St. John of God in Linz.
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About me

Johannes Fellinger, MD PD (consultant for Neurology/Neuropediatrics and Psychiatry) is head of the Institute for Neurology of Senses and Language (Hospital of St. John of God Linz/Austria) and of the Research Institute for Developmental Medicine (Johannes Kepler University Linz/Austria). He set up, e.g. health centres for deaf people and therapeutic communities for deaf people with multiple disabilities, health services for children and adults with developmental disorders (especially autism).

Johannes Fellinger is lecturer at the Medical University Vienna and at the medical faculty of the Johannes Kepler University Linz.

2009-2011 he assisted the World Federation of the Deaf as Expert on Mental Health and 2013-2017 as co-ordinator for health issues. He is also executive member of the European Society for Mental Health and Deafness and of the European Association for Mental Health and Intellectual Disability.

His scientific interests are mental health and health care of people with developmental and sensory disorders.

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I speak the following languages:

EnglishGermanAustrian Sign Language (ÖGS)

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Speaker sessions (1)

Thursday, 6 March 2025

10:20 - 11:20

Professionals with disabilities in health-care careers

Format:In-personLocation:M1
  • Supported Employment
  • English captions | International Sign

This forum will emphasize how inclusive employment in healthcare can benefit not only those hired, but the level of care and quality of care of persons with disabilities in the healthcare sector.