Our Champions

Champions of inclusive health are working in their communities and at the national level to make access to mainstream, quality health services the norm for people with intellectual disabilities.

Champions Lede - Figure Skater Medalists Celebrate on the Podium at the 2009 World Winter Games in Boise, Idaho

MEET OUR CHAMPIONS

These champions are paving the way, creating emerging examples of inclusive health for you to use as a blueprint. Are you ready to be inspired? Click the logos to meet our champions.

The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is the world's largest organization of food and nutrition professionals.

America Walks is leading the way in empowering communities to create safe, accessible, and enjoyable walking conditions for all.

American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R)

AAPM&R leads the advancement of physiatry’s impact throughout health care.

American Academy of Pediatrics - Institute for Healthy Childhood Weight

AAP is committed to the optimal health and well-being for infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.

For nearly 100 years the American Heart Association has been fighting heart disease and stroke, striving to save and improve lives.

APHA is the world’s largest, intentionally inclusive, public health professional membership association.

The CATCH Global Foundation links underserved schools and communities to the resources necessary to create and sustain healthy change for future generations.

CSPI seeks to create a healthier food system through policy innovations and advocacy.

FlagHouse provides inclusive physical education equipment for children and adults and is the distributor and publisher of the CATCH program.

Geauga Public Health is dedicated to improving public health by monitoring, educating, and promoting community and public health services in a sustainable way in Geauga County, Ohio.

HRiA helps people live healthier lives and create healthy communities through prevention, health promotion, policy, and research.

Indiana University School of Medicine offers high-quality medical education, access to leading medical research and rich campus life in nine Indiana cities.

Jewish Community Center Association of North America

JCC’s inclusion model offers individuals of every ability the same opportunities and choices to fully participate in community life.

The National Fitness Foundation (NFF) is the official nonprofit of the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition, pioneering forward-thinking strategies that enhance youth fitness and provide children with the ability, confidence, and desire to live active lives.

PHAB seeks to advance quality and performance of public health departments.

For more than 60 years, UCLA Health has provided the best in health care and the latest in medical technology to the people of Los Angeles and throughout the world.

United Way is focused on creating community-based and community-led solutions that strengthen the cornerstones for a good quality of life: education, financial stability and health.

The Hockomock Area YMCA's Health Innovation team is partnering to provide our evidence-based health intervention programs.

YMCA strengthens communities through youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility.

allies

Meet our Allies

Inclusive health allies are working to make access to mainstream, quality health services the norm for people with disabilities, including people with intellectual disabilities. Our allies are a critical component of promoting improved health outcomes for people with ID and achieving the shared goal of inclusive health for all. Click the logos to learn more about our allies.

L’Arche communities provide homes and workplaces where people with and without ID live and work together as peers and create inclusive communities of faith and friendship.

NCHPAD is a national public health resource and practice center empowering communities, organizations and individuals to create livable places, healthy people, and sustainable inclusion.

Promoting and protecting the human rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and actively supporting their full inclusion and participation in the community.

Dedicated to improve overall health and reduce health disparities for people with disabilities through health promotion and wellness.

A network of interdisciplinary centers advancing policy and practice for and with individuals with developmental and other disabilities, their families, and communities.