AHEAD Symposium: Please Join Us! November 13, 2024 (Wed.)
LEARN MORE & REGISTER: https://dental.nyu.edu/ahead
NYU College of Dentistry will host its third AHEAD Symposium — Achieving Health Equity through Access for All with Disabilities — on Wednesday, November 13, 2024. The virtual event will gather policymakers, experts, and advocates to discuss improving oral health care for people with disabilities.
Dental care is the most unmet health care need for people with disabilities. Patients and their families often face barriers to seeing a dentist, including insurance coverage and reimbursement policies, a lack of providers with disability-focused training, and dental offices that cannot accommodate people with certain disabilities.
To address this unmet need, NYU Dentistry established the Oral Health Center for People with Disabilities — a specialized, state-of-the-art clinic staffed by a collaborative, compassionate, multidisciplinary team — five years ago. In addition to all NYU dental students learning to care for people with disabilities, the College leads several training and continuing education programs on oral health and disability for dentists, dental hygienists, and other health professionals.
“NYU College of Dentistry will host its third AHEAD Symposium — Achieving Health Equity through Access for All with Disabilities on November 13, 2024. The virtual event will gather policymakers, experts, and advocates to discuss improving oral health care for people with disabilities.”
The event’s speakers include:
Jim Brett, Chair of the President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities, which advises the President and Secretary of Health and Human Services about issues related to people with disabilities; President and CEO of the New England Council
Congressman Seth Moulton (D-MA 6th District), sponsor of the Healthcare Extension and Accessibility for Developmentally Disabled and Underserved Population (HEADs UP) Act, a bipartisan bill that aims to expand and improve health care services for people with disabilities
Kim Hill Ridley, New York State’s first-ever Chief Disability Officer
Kate Swenson, parent advocate and author of “Finding Cooper’s Voice”
Additional panel discussions will address the importance of integrated care to ensure optimal health outcomes for individuals with special health care needs in addition to highlighting alternative models of support services.
The event will run from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm ET and is open to the public with registration. For a complete schedule of the event and to register for the virtual event, please visit its website at dental.nyu.edu/ahead.
Note on Accessibility: This virtual event requires an internet connection and computer or smartphone. Audio will be closed captioned. For questions or to notify us of additional accommodation requests, please email: dental.web@nyu.edu by November 8, 2024.