📢 Include people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) in conversations about mental health! In an interview with thehealthy by Reader’s Digest, Special Olympics Chief Health Officer, dimitrichristakis MD, MPH and Sargent Shriver Global Messenger, Susan Wang, shed light on how individuals with IDD are often overlooked in mental health conversations. Susan shares: "𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚—𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙨—𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚. 𝙒𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙚𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙄𝘿𝘿 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙨. 𝙒𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖 𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣, 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙟𝙪𝙙𝙜𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚." Sp...