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Resources

Organizations working at the crossroads of health care and disability.

Special Olympics Health logo

A champion for health equity, Special Olympics provides resources that help people with intellectual disabilities live healthier lifestyles and access quality health services. The organization also trains health professionals to care for people with intellectual disabilities.

Alliance for Disability in Health Care Education logo

The Alliance for Disability in Health Care Education (ADHCE) is a not-for-profit organization of educators and faculty in the healthcare professions who are working to integrate disability-related content and experiences into health care education and training programs.

Developmental Disabilities Nurses Association

The Developmental Disabilities Nurses Association (DDNA) serves to educate, empower, and advocate for nurses practicing in the specialty of developmental disability nursing.

American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities logo

The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) promotes progressive policies, sound research, effective practices, and universal human rights for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

NAQ logo

National Association of Qualified Intellectual Disability Professionals (NAQ) promotes, protects, and advances the interests of disability professionals in service, application, research, and other means of improving human welfare.

NADSP logo

NADSP works to elevate the status of direct support professionals by improving practice standards, promoting system reform, and advancing their knowledge, skills, and values, through certification, credentialing, training, professional development, and accreditation services.

AADMD logo

Developmental Medicine & Dentistry (AADMD) provides a forum for healthcare professionals who provide clinical care to people with intellectual & developmental disabilities (IDD) and improve the quality of healthcare for individuals with IDD.

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