Dillenberg speaks at Special Olympics Symposium
Posted: July 22, 2010
ATSU-ASDOH Dean Jack Dillenberg, D.D.S., M.P.H.
Jack Dillenberg, D.D.S., M.P.H., dean, ASDOH, was part of a panel discussion at the Special Olympics USA National Games Health Symposium, Improving Health for People with Intellectual Disability – Policy, Practice and Possibility. The symposium, held in Omaha, Neb., on July 17, was held prior to the national Special Olympics games. Dr. Dillenberg was a member of the panel discussion, “Taking the Pulse of Health Care for People with Intellectual Disabilities/Developmental Disabilities.”
The Special Olympics Health Symposium is part of the Healthy Athletes Initiative launched in 1997 to address the disparity in healthcare for individuals with intellectual disabilities. Healthy Athletes is a Special Olympics program that provides free health screenings to Special Olympics’ athletes in seven different health areas including oral health.