About the Awards

The key objective of the Inglis Awards for Continuing Excellence is to enhance the
quality of life and increase opportunities for independence for people with physical disabilities.

The awards are unrestricted grants which reflect and reward past effectiveness and performance. Thus, award funds may be used at the discretion of the recipient organizations. Within one year following the receipt of the award, winners are asked to provide a one page report on how they utilized the funds.

Watch for the 2011 application to be posted here in mid-September 2010.


2010 Recipients

American DanceWheels Foundation, Inc. provides social and therapeutic dance instruction in wheelchair Ballroom and Latin Dancing for people with physical disabilities, able-bodied partners, dance teachers, adaptive sports professionals, therapists, universities and public and private schools. Their WheelOne© curriculum enables people of all ages and ability to enjoy partner dancing by pairing someone with an ambulatory disability with an ablebodied partner. (www.americandancewheels.org)
HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy is a day and residential school for students ages 6 to 21 who have severe, multiple disabilities usually resulting from cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury or other neurological impairment. The school provides highly individualized special education and intensive, coordinated therapy with nursing support - assisting each student in achieving his or her maximum potential by facilitating independence and improving the quality of life so they can lead fulfilling, stimulating lives. (www.hmsschool.org)
Magee Rehabilitation Hospital Wheelchair Sports Program maximizes participation of people with disabilities in wheelchairs sports so they can be an integral part of the greater community. More than 450 wheelchair athletes have been involved with the sports program in the past 21 years in sports such as rugby, basketball, tennis and soccer. (www.MageeRehab.org)
Pennsylvania Assistive Technology Foundation provides financing opportunities for older Pennsylvanians and people with disabilities to help them acquire assistive technology devices and services that improve the quality of their lives. PATF staff also provides information about other possible funding resources. PATF serves Pennsylvania residents, regardless of diagnosis, age or income level. (www.patf.us)
Quest Therapeutic Services, Inc., uses physical, occupational and speech therapists to provide a full range of services to help children (up to age 21) grow and develop to their fullest potential. They specialize in hippotherapy in which a client (such as someone with cerebral palsy or multiple sclerosis) sits or lies on the back of a horse for the therapeutic effect of the horse's movement. (www.QuestTherapeutic.com)

Previous Recipients

Read more about previous Award recipients.