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Chun-Jung Lu, right, poses with Chao Yi Quai, Head Coach of the Chinese Taipei delegation, and athlete Shu-Yi Chu (center) at the 2003 Special Olympics World Summer Games. [Photo by Kathy Smallwood] |
Chun-Jung Lu, a coach volunteer with Special Olympics Chinese Taipei team, has been involved with Special Olympics for five years, saying that the athletes have stolen his heart. He believes that it’s important for people to give back to society to make other people’s lives better.
Lu thinks the gulf between students with and without intellectual disabilities is narrowing because students are integrated in high schools. “People with intellectual disabilities learn better and faster in schools that include mainstream students,” he said.
Lu is doing his best to continue that togetherness with Special Olympics Unified Sports®, noting “Students with and without intellectual disabilities have made new friendships and have begun to learn more about one another and understand what each others lives are like.”
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