Below are the organizations who have come together to provide a unified voice for advocacy for Cerebral Palsy. |
Organization | Mission | Representative |
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American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine | To provide multidisciplinary scientific education for health professionals and promote excellence in research and services for the benefit of people with and at risk for cerebral palsy and other childhood-onset disabilities. | Tamara Waggester, Executive Director |
American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | AAPM&R serves its member physicians by advancing the specialty of physical medicine and rehabilitation, promoting excellence in physiatric practice, and advocating on public policy issues related to persons with disabling conditions. | Joline Bradenburg, MD |
American Physical Therapy Association | Building a community that advances the profession of physical therapy to improve the health of the community. | Justin Elliott, Vice President of Government Affairs |
American Physical Therapy Association: Pediatric Section | To promote the highest quality of life for all children, people with developmental disabilities and their families. | Mary Gannotti, PhD |
Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Foundation | We fund the brightest US-based researchers to change what’s possible for cerebral palsy. | Michael Pearlmutter, executive Director |
CP Collaborative | To provide a unified voice of cerebral palsy related organizations to strategically affect mutually agreed upon research, education, awareness, support and public policy initiatives for the benefit of individuals with cerebral palsy across the lifespan. | Jennifer Lyman, Coordinator |
Cerebral Palsy Foundation | The Cerebral Palsy Foundation is a catalyst for positive change in the cerebral palsy community, increasing awareness and support for research and leading the way in advocacy for cerebral palsy initiative funding across the lifespan. | Rachel Byrne, Executive Director and Cynthia Frisina, VP of Strategic Partnerships |
Cerebral Palsy Research Network | To improve treatments and outcomes for people with cerebral palsy through high quality clinical research and quality initiatives. | Paul Gross, CEO |
United Cerebral Palsy | To be the indispensable resource for individuals with cerebral palsy and other disabilities, their families, and their communities | Anita Porco, Chapter Coordinator |