Outstanding Advocacy

The purpose of this award is to acknowledge and honor a member of the Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy who is an outstanding advocate for the neurologic physical therapy profession and/or individuals with neurologic dysfunction. The nominee must be a current member of the Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy, Inc., APTA. The nominee must have garnered support for a particular cause or policy directly related to the advancement of neurologic physical therapy and/or the physical therapy care of an individual patient or a group of patients with neurologic diagnoses on a local, state, national or international level through professional advocacy efforts above and beyond the norm. The nominee must have contributed to the support or promotion of the neurologic physical therapy profession or neurologic patient populations through advocacy for improved quality of life or services via his/her leadership, engagement, programming and/or development. Activities may include innovative projects, pursuit of equipment or services, education, community mobilization, non-profit development, governance, or patient /family support programs. The nominee must have the potential to impact a legislative or regulatory effort with positive outcomes seen in the physical therapy profession or for neurologic patient populations.

Past Recipients

• 2023 Kaci Handlery, PT, DPT, NCS
• 2020 Patrick Kitzman, PT, PhD