Honorary Members

The Honourary Life Members is a way to publicly acknowledge the contributions of some of our key leaders. It is also a way to keep the history of Inclusion International alive and to tell the members about those who have worked so hard to build the strength and credibility of Inclusion International.

FROM 2006: Francoise Jan, Gordon Porter, JB Munro, John O’Gorman, Therese Kempeners, Victor Wahlstrom, Walter Eigner.

FROM 2008: Barb Goode, Desmond Corrigan, Fred Heddell, Moussa Charafeddine, Robert Martin.

FROM 2010: Donald Beasley, Maria Amelia Vamprés, Paule Renoir, Peter Mittler, Yvonne Posternak,Tom Mutters and Ingrid Körner

From 2012: Diane Richler, Haydee Beckles, Roberto Leal, Ann Turnbull and Rud Turnbull.

Honorary Members

Walter Eigner

1975 – 1978: Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the 7th World Congress of ILSMH, held in Vienna, Austria in September 1978. 1978 – 1990: Council Member and Treasurer of ILSMH 1992 – 1994: President-Elect of ILSMH 1994 – 1998: President of Inclusion International (formerly ILSMH) Summary of Contributions: As Treasurer he stabilized the fragile ...Read More >>


Moussa Charafeddine

My first contact with Inclusion International formerly known as ILSMH began in UAE when Victor Walstrome was seeking representative of parents from Arab Region- in that time- to join the International Family Task Force for the International Year of the Family. In 1993 Peter Mittler conducted a series of meetings for that task force from ...Read More >>


John Baldwin Munro

John Baldwin Munro or “JB”  as he is better known contracted infantile paralysis (polio)  as a youngster and has spent his life involved supporting people with disability and their families.  He was raised as a foster child and at the age of 9 was adopted into the Munro family. On leaving school he joined the ...Read More >>


Yvonne Posternak

By Peter Mittler On September 28th, I had the great pleasure of visiting Dr Yvonne Posternak in her home in Geneva in order to present her with the certificate of Honorary Life Membership of Inclusion International.  She will be 90 next year but has retained the characteristic sharpness of mind and vitality which I remember ...Read More >>


FRED HEDDELL

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GORDON PORTER

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ROBERT MARTIN

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DESMOND CORRIGAM

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