We make a difference through our membership, education & advocacy.

Self-advocates are key.

We depend on self-advocates, like Amanda Harrinauth, to give us insight into her unique health challenges.

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The American Academy of Developmental Medicine & Dentistry (AADMD) is a non-profit, membership organization of interdisciplinary health professionals — including primary care physicians, medical specialists, dentists, nurses and other clinicians — committed to improving the quality of healthcare for people with intellectual / developmental disabilities (IDD). 

 

Featured

IDD Curriculum resource now available

AADMD launched a new website for our curriculum program NICHE - National Inclusive Curriculum for Health Education. 

NICHE offers curriculum options for medical and dental schools specifically, but it’s completely interdisciplinary in nature.

 

Join Our Member Network

Get the most out of AADMD - connect with members, join committees, watch webinars AND MORE when you join our One Voice Network

 

A historic moment

JULY 2022: Disability Scoop covers AADMD’s Historic Meeting between the American Dental Association (ADA) and the American Medical Association (AMA).

Pictured: President of the ADA, Cesar Sabates, DDS, shakes hands with the President of the AMA, Gerald Harmon, MD, in the first-ever meeting between the two organizations at AADMD’s One Voice Conference June 5, 2022 in Orlando, FL.

 

 

Advocacy

AADMD’s Statement on Supreme Court Ruling regarding Dobbs vs. Jackson

August 2022

The AADMD believes that the Supreme Court ruling on Dobbs vs Jackson will further restrict access to individualized reproductive care and widen healthcare disparities for women with IDD, and that they will unequally bear the burden of this decision, leading to poorer health and social outcomes.

 
 

Our Organization

 
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About

Find out about our organization,
annual conference, educational resources, and the results of our advocacy.

 
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News

Stay up-to-date with the latest in IDD healthcare through our info-blasts and social media.

 
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our partners

We strategically partner with like-minded sister organizations and corporations committed to the highest quality of care for people with IDD.

 
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Take Action

Want to become a member? Pay dues? Donate? You can do all of that easily online.