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Fighting Negative Expectations

When Deon Namiseb was born with disabilities, doctors had him pushed into a corner and left to die. He was later rescued and grew up determined to change how people see and treat people with intellectual disabilities in Namibia and all around the world.

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Igniting the Project Unify Fire in Special Olympics Bharat

Project Unify is now ‘official’ in the Asia Pacific region with our pilot launching in Special Olympics Bharat!read more »

Posted on 2012-05-16 by Karyn

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