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*** Visit the Special Smiles Table at the Autism Resource Fair ***
This Sunday, April 21, visitors to the Philadelphia Zoo can enjoy Sensory Stations • Give-aways • Raffle • Steve Pullara and his Cool Beans Band • the Give & Take Jugglers • Magic! Puppets! • Character Appearances • and Quiet Areas. It's all part of this year's celebration of Autism Acceptance Day.
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*** Visit the Special Smiles Table at the Autism Resource Fair ***
This Sunday, April 21, visitors to the Philadelphia Zoo can enjoy Sensory Stations • Give-aways • Raffle • Steve Pullara and his Cool Beans Band • the Give & Take Jugglers • Magic! Puppets! • Character Appearances • and Quiet Areas. Its all part of this years celebration of Autism Acceptance Day.

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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.

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