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"๐™„ ๐™ช๐™จ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™—๐™š ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง๐™ซ๐™ค๐™ช๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™™๐™ž๐™™๐™ฃ'๐™ฉ ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™–๐™  ๐™ช๐™ฅ ๐™—๐™š๐™˜๐™–๐™ช๐™จ๐™š ๐™„ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ ๐™–๐™›๐™ง๐™–๐™ž๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ก๐™™๐™ฃ'๐™ฉ ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™." People with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), like specialolympicsaus athlete Ruby Lawler, are often on the sidelines when it comes to making health decisions, whether about their own healthcare or about health policy. Ruby reminds us that advocacy starts with speaking up for yourself. ๐‘ญ๐’๐’„๐’–๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ฐ๐’๐’—๐’Š๐’”๐’Š๐’ƒ๐’๐’†, a new global health report from Special Olympics, calls on us all to scale Rubyโ€™s powerโ€”to make sure that she and other people with IDD are not only covered by health systems but are engaged in shaping the health policies, budgets, and programs that will make universal health coverage a reality. ๐Ÿค ๐Ÿ”— Follow the link in our bio to read the global health report (available in Arabic, English, French, and Spanish)! #InclusiveHeal...

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