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Article: Special Olympics Research Reveals That People With Intellectual Disabilities Are Forgotten in the Health Care System.
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- August 9, 2005
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Research Reveals That a Person With an Intellectual Disability Would Have to Call 50 Doctors to Find One Who Had a Minimum Amount of Training to Treat Him
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Studies commissioned by Special Olympics validate the view that individuals with intellectual disabilities face widespread health problems, while physicians, dentists and other health professionals are not receiving the training to adequately treat them. While people with intellectual disabilities are no longer forgotten in institutions, they are often overlooked and forgotten in the health care system.
"The health of people with intellectual disabilities is much ...