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Olimpiadas Especiales ofrece competencias, programas e iniciativas en todo el mundo, todos los días del año. Descubre de qué se trata.
2025 Global Golisano Health Leadership Award Recipient from Kuwait: Dr. Yousef Alawadhi
Dr. Yousef Alawadhi is a dentist and a Regional Clinical Advisor for Special Olympics Kuwait. He has been involved in the Special Olympics movement since 2019 after first attending the World Games in Abu Dhabi. Following the Games, he established Special Olympics Kuwait’s first Special Olympics Healthy Athletes discipline, Special Olympics Special Smiles®. In the 6 years since, Dr. Alawadhi helped expand the scope of healthcare available to athletes, leading to the establishment of seven health disciplines within Special Olympics Kuwait.
2025 Global Golisano Health Leadership Award Recipient from Northern Ireland: Ulster University
Ulster University in Northern Ireland has supported and strengthened numerous aspects of Special Olympics Ireland health programming since 2013, focusing on prevention, fitness, and family education. Through this work, Ulster has been an advocate for improving healthcare access for Special Olympics athletes and people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) through educating and training students and forging community-based partnerships.
2025 Global Golisano Health Leadership Award Recipient from Nigeria: Dr. Simeon Afolabi
Dr. Simeon Afolabi is an audiologist with over 25 years of experience in public and private sectors across Nigeria. As the Founder and CEO of BSA Speech and Language Centre and a Healthy Hearing Clinical Director for Special Olympics Nigeria, he has significantly improved access to inclusive audiology services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Through his work with Special Olympics Healthy Athletes®, he has organized over 30 Healthy Hearing screenings across rural and urban communities in five of Nigeria’s six geopolitical regions.
IRR: Behind the Mic: From Tennis Mishaps to Million-View Milestones
In this episode, host Novie Craven welcomes Special Olympics Senior Manager of Communications and podcast producer Alex Padalino and Special Olympics Senior Director of Global Strategic Partnerships Chris Bence to share the story behind the show’s creation, its impact and the role of partnership in building a platform for inclusion.
Novie knows- Episodio 4: En Broadway
¿Alguna vez te has preguntado cómo es estar en "la Habitación Donde Sucede"? ¡Novie se sienta con JJ Niemann de Broadway para descubrirlo! Descargar la transcripción
"Te hacen sentir diferente. Es fantástico".
Olimpiadas Especiales transforma vidas a través del poder y la alegría del deporte todos los días, en todo el mundo.
Entrenar un equipo unificado de Olimpiadas Especiales
Escucha a los entrenadores de fútbol unificado de Olimpiadas Especiales sobre sus razones para participar en Olimpiadas Especiales, qué las hace tan especiales, qué intentan enseñarles a los atletas y qué les enseñan los atletas a ellos.
