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Former Editors-in-Chief

Vladimir Trajkovski, MD, PhD - EDITOR IN CHIEF - November 2008 - September 2017
Institute of Special Education and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Philosophy, University "Ss Kiril and Metodij", Skopje, Republic of Macedonia.
vladotra@fzf.ukim.edu.mk

Dr Vladimir Trajkovski is born in Skopje in 1968. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Special Education and Rehabilitation. He is a graduate of the Skopje Faculty of Medicine in 1994, where he later obtained his M.Sc. (1999). He obtained PhD degrees in 2002 on the Faculty of Philosophy. He is the president of Macedonian Scientific Society for Autism and organizer of first international student’s special educational seminar in 1999. He introduced subject Autism in the postgraduate curricula at the Faculty of Philosophy. His research interest is genetic and physiological aspects of autism spectrum disorders, but he has also published in the fields of human genetics and medical basis of disability.  He was former editor of the Journal of Special Education and Rehabilitation. He became head of educational-scientific board of postgraduate studies at Institute of Special Education and Rehabilitation in October 2009. He is an active member of the Autism Europe, member of the European Association of Service Providers for People with disabilities, member of the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities. He is a consulting editor for Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, associate editor for Bulgarian Journal of Communication Disorders, associate editor for Croatian Review of Rehabilitation Research. He is also member of Advisory Board of The Open Access Journal of Science and Technology. He takes a part in international projects such as: “Tolerance and Acceptance” by EASPD, “Europe is a place to live” by EASPD, “In FOCUS” by TEMPUS programme, “Common voice network project” by Hand in Hand. He has about 90 articles published in domestic and international journals.

Ajdinski Ljupcho, PhD – former Editor-in-Chief – March 1997-November 2008
Institute of Special Education and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Philosophy, University "Ss Kiril and Metodij", Skopje, Republic of Macedonia.
ljupcoajdinski@gmail.com

Dr. Ajdinski Ljupcho is born 28.04.1930 professor, scientist and humanist. He is the founder and former Editor-in-chief of Journal of Special Education and Rehabilitation. He finished pedagogical studies at the Faculty of Philosophy in Skopje and special education and rehabilitation at the Faculty of Special Education and Rehabilitation in Belgrade, where he defended his doctoral thesis. He was a full professor at the University in Belgrade till 1992 and at the Institute for Special Education and Rehabilitation in Skopje from 1993 to 2000 when he retired. He is the founder of the Institute for Special Education and Rehabilitation at the Faculty of Philosophy in Skopje. He established many professional magazines and was an editor in chief of: Special Education and Rehabilitation, Theory and Practice, Message, Social Policy, as well as organizations for people with disabilities, and an honored president of some of them. As the deputy Minister of Health and Social Policy he participated in creating the systems for social care of children and care, education and rehabilitation of people with disabilities, as well as in establishing institutions in this field in the Republic of Macedonia.