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Organizations working at the crossroads of health care and disability.

Special Olympics Health Logo. Made Possible by the Golisano Foundation. The Special Olympics logo is red stick figures in a circle.

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.

Logo for the Alliance for Disability in Health Care Education (ADHCE). The A is white and inside a blue square, the rest of the text is blue.

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.

Explore the ADHCE Core Competencies on Disability for Health Care Education.

Logo for Developmental Disabilities Nurses Association (DDNA). A green line ending in three leaves runs through the text.

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

Logo for the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD). The logo is blue and green.

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.

Logo for the National Association of Qualified Intellectual Disability Professionals (NAQ). A Q is in white over a green and blue circle. NAQ is in blue. Underneath reads learn. connect. share in pink letters.

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.

Logo for the Institute for Exceptional Care. The text is white on an orange background. The second e in exceptional is upside down.

IEC was created to help people with disabilities get the care and supports they need in order to thrive. By tapping the power of innovation, we can transform our system and help healthcare “see” people with IDD.

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