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Special Olympics Video Nominated for the 2020 Sharecare Video Awards

Vote Now for the Dr. Steven Perlman Game Changer video for best public policy video
Doctor Richard Perlman sitting for an interview. He has on an blue polo shirt.

The Dr. Steven Perlman video, which explores the creation of Special Olympics Special Smiles program, has been selected as finalist for the 2020 Sharecare Awards. The video was produced by Special Olympics and ESPN as part of the Game Changer series. This is the first year that Special Olympics submitted a video for consideration.

The video finalist for each Sharecare Awards category were announced on January 16, 2020. The public can vote for their favorite once every day until January 31. The winners will be announced at the Sharecare Awards ceremony in Atlanta, GA on March 26, 2020.

The Sharecare awards are presented in association with the New York Chapter of the The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and honor videos that celebrate the theme of sharing care in the health sector.

Dr. Steven Perlman
In the 1990s, Dr. Steve Perlman and Eunice Kennedy Shriver met to discuss the lack of access to health care for people with intellectual disabilities, who were often denied treatment.

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