Healthcare providers and patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities, working together to improve the health of everyone.

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What is the Inclusive Healthcare Partnership Project?

The Inclusive Healthcare Partnership Project (IHPP) believes that everyone should have the information they need to take care of their health.

This means:

  • Health information should be easy to understand

  • Doctors, nurses, and other healthcare workers should know how to work well with people who have different types of disabilities

IHPP has two main goals:

  1. Create plain language health information made by and for people with developmental disabilities

  2. Help Doctors, nurses, and other healthcare workers communicate better with patients

How is the Inclusive Healthcare Partnership Project supported?

The IHPP is managed by the Vermont Developmental Disabilities Council.
It is currently funded by a Health Equity Grant from the Vermont Department of Health and by American Rescue Plan Act funds distributed by the Administration for Community Living (ACL) for Expanding the Public Health Workforce.