"Virginia's Voice: Leadership, Health Policy and Intellectual Disability" was a discussion convened by the Institute of Politics at Harvard University and the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School, in the spring of 2011. It featured: Dr. Steve Gardner,
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School., fmr. Special Olympics Medical Director; Lucy Hackney, Esq., child advocate and founder of Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children; Sheldon Hackney, Ph.D., fmr. President, University of Pennsylvania and Tulane University; Dr. Steven Perlman, Senior Global Clinical Advisor and founder, Special Olympics Special Smiles; and, Robert Johnson (moderator), President and CEO, Special Olympics Massachusetts & Chairman, North American Special Olympics Professional Association.
The statistics from the CEO of the special Olympics are disturbing. The general public needs to be reminded that children with disabilities become adults with disabilities. Those with hidden disabilities such as aspergers, dyspraxia, dyslexia, and some forms of mental illness, also need the same human rights protection as those with visible physical disabilities.
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