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6abc Action News Features Special Smiles in Story on Autism Acceptance Month
A 6abc Action News story on Autism Acceptance Month featured the Special Smiles dental practice catering to special needs patients. Reporter TaRhonda Thomas interviewed Special Smiles Founder Mark Goldstein, DDS, as well as Lou Berman and his 23-year-old son Louie, a longtime Special Smiles patient who is on the spectrum and non-verbal.
Read More20 Years of Special Smiles: A conversation with our founder
Mark S. Goldstein, DDS founded Special Smiles Ltd. in 2003. From the vantage point of 2023, he looks back on 20 years of progress — but acknowledges not nearly enough progress — in providing access to comprehensive oral health care for severely compromised special needs patients. Below are excerpts from a recent conversation. It’s impossible to sum up 20 years in a few words but tell me the biggest change over the last two decades.
Read MoreWHYY Program Features Special Smiles
The Philadelphia-based public television station WHYY produced a “You Oughta Know” segment about Special Smiles that aired February 17 and is archived on the station’s website. You can view the segment on our YouTube channel. “The WHYY team did a great job capturing in just four minutes what Special Smiles is and does,” said Mark Axelman, Special Smiles Executive Vice President.
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