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Special Olympics offers training and competition opportunities in 30 Olympic-type sports for athletes 8 years or older.  For children with intellectual disabilities ages 2 through 7, Special Olympics provides a Young Athletes Program. 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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Spirit Magazine
Quarter 4 – 2006

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Field of Dreams: The Ames Games (1.7M PDF)
Special Olympics advances the movement with the inaugural USA National Games.

 

 

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"I Love My Job!" (357K PDF)
Athletes speak out about their work, and employers tell why hiring Special Olympics athletes makes good sense.

 

 

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Camp Shriver Rekindles Special Olympics Roots (239K PDF)
In 2006, Eunice Kennedy Shriver's model camp expands to six U.S. cities.

 

 

44

Judo: The Gentle Way (320K PDF)
Offering more safe sports like judo is a way to reach more people with intellectual disabilities.

 

 

46

From Flicker of Hope to Roaring Flame: 25 Years of Torch Run (974K PDF)
Special Olympics and law enforcement are a perfet match in a partnership that continues to grow.

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New York - "The City That Never Sleeps" (843K PDF)
Special Olympics is putting that famed New York nonstop-hustle-and-bustle into its new urban strategy

 

 

 

Departments

   

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Perspective (348K PDF)

     

4

Starting Line (1.4M PDF)
News on Special Olympics sports, initiatives and more from around the world.

 

 

12

 

Athletes (699K PDF)
By, for and/or about athletes: profiles, personal anecdotes, facts and figures, etc.

 

 

 

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Extended Family (537K PDF)
Updates on Special Olympics families, donors, volunteers, heroes, etc.

 

 

26

Closeup (788K PDF)
Special Olympics photo essays

 

 

 

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Moment of Truth (332K PDF)
First time volunteer Amy Walker writes of her experience meeting athletes as a part of Team Mattel

 

 

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