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Special Olympics provides Olympics-type sport training and competition to athletes 8 or older.  For children with intellectual disabilities ages 2 through 7, Special Olympics provides a Young Athletes Program.Meet our Athletes
Global News Special Olympics coaches have a unique opportunity to work with athletes in competitive situations to assist in their training for life. As a grass-roots organization, Special Olympics relies on volunteers at all levels of the movement to ensure that every athlete is offered a quality sports training and competition experience. Individual donors, corporate partners and many others make it possible for Special Olympics to offer children and adults with intellectual disabilities the opportunity to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage and experience joy through participation in the program.
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Special Olympics Celebrates its 40th Anniversary
 
Members of U.S. Congress Surprise Special Olympics Chairman at 40th Anniversary Luncheon
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UN Representatives, Families Participate in First Central Asian FUNfitness Training Seminar
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UNICEF and Special Olympics Romania Sign Cooperative Agreement
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Be a fan of inclusion.  Teamwork Inspires Change
Unified Sports Team of South Africa
It is not often that students get an opportunity to learn more outside the classroom than inside, but this is the case at St. Benedict’s school in South Africa, where playing with students from Nokuthula Special School on a Unified Sports basketball team opened minds and changed attitudes.
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FOCUS ON Research
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The University of Massachusetts Boston is soon to complete a U.S.-based study entitled Athlete in the Family, which has found that Special Olympics serves as an agent of promise for athletes with intellectual disabilities and their families. .
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