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We are helping to make the world a better, healthier and more joyful place—one athlete, one volunteer, one family member at a time.
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Special Olympics supports over 5 million athletes, unified partners, coaches and volunteers with over 30 Olympic-type sports.
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A peaceful campaign to end discrimination of people with intellectual disabilities.
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An athlete led podcast featuring athletes, partners, ambassadors, employees, and supporters of Special Olympics.
Novie Knows
Novie Knows, a subseries of Inclusion Revolution Radio, serves as an unscripted platform for host Novie Craven to provide her perspective, as a Special Olympics athlete, on the topics of her choosing.
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Special Olympics World Winter Games Switzerland 2029
From March 10 – 17 2029, athletes will unleash the human spirit through the transformative power and joy of sport in Switzerland.
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Special Olympics World Games Santiago 2027
From October 16 – 24 2027, Santiago will welcome thousands of athletes, families, and fans from around the globe to celebrate unity, inclusion, and the power of sport.
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Sports Essentials
The Coach-Athlete Relationship - Russian
The third webinar of the 2022 Coach Webinar Series discussed everything related to The Coach-Athlete Relationship, hosted by SO Paraguay Athlete Leader, Rosalino Chavez. Professor Sophia Jowett discussed what the coach-athlete relationship is and how it has adapted over time. Professor Jowett, an expert in this field of research, explained the importance of the relationship between coaches and their athletes, and gave practical recommendations on how to optimize this relationship. The second speaker was Justus Wolf, German Paralympic Alpine Ski Coach. Justus discussed the coach-athlete relationship from his own perspective as a coach. Justus provided insightful information from the practical side of coaching and through his own experiences.
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What We Want from out Coaches - French
Coach Webinar Series 2022 presented by Gallagher—‘What we want from our coaches’ The second webinar of the 2022 Coach Webinar Series gave a voice to our athletes. An international Athlete and Unified Partner panel discussed "What we want from our coaches". Hosted by SOGB’s Kiera Byland, BEM Unified Partner from SO Puerto Rico, Angel Rios Santos; Special Olympics Athlete Leader from SO Kenya, Boniface Kimeu; Special Olympics Handball Coach from SO Kenya, Joshua Agare; Special Olympics Tennis Player from SO China, Yang Yihong.
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Coaching Mixed Ability Athletes - Chinese
This year’s series is kicked off with a webinar on ‘Coaching Mixed Ability Athletes’, hosted by Ruby Lawler, Athlete Leader and co-chair of the SOAP Regional Athlete Leadership Council. Presenter 1, Yuchi Huang, SO Singapore Football Head Coach and Gallagher Coaches Coach Award Winner at 2022 Unified Cup; Presenter 2, Christin Santiago, long time Special Olympics Coach and SO Massachusetts Coach Hall of Fame Inductee 2019.
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Susie Doyens' life was transformed when she joined Special Olympics. Director Martin Rodahl worked with Special Olympics Illinois to uniquely capture her story in this surprising and powerful public service announcement. Thanks to Special Olympics Illinois and the creative team for sharing this beautiful story.
European Basketball Week 2022 Is Here!
Basketball fever is sweeping Europe once again and it's time to build back our #Unified teams! Supported by Toyota Motors Europe, FIBA Europe and Euroleague Basketball One Team, European Basketball Week is a celebration of the power of sport to unify and break down barriers.Join us on the court 26 November – 4 December 2022!
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Regan Hofley | accessiBe & Special Olympics
In this episode, we spoke with Regan Holfley, a Special Olympic athlete who will be representing team Canada in this years Special Olympic World Games in Berlin. Regan has been an athlete for 15 years and won an impressive total of 75 medals.
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Agents Of Inclusion: Episode Three
Special Olympics Minnesota Athlete Dave Pearson and Special Olympics Virginia Athlete Kaitlin Dykes discuss all things Polar Plunge and the #inclusionrevolution with JR Sports Brief.
Healthy Start
Welcome to Healthy Start
Healthy Start is a comprehensive guide for parents and caregivers to support the health and development of their children with intellectual disabilities and developmental delays. This video provides an overview of Healthy Start and the specific types of resources and information you can expect to find within the toolkit.
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Next Steps
In this video, you will hear families share how communicating with their child's health care providers, joining parent support groups and becoming involved with Special Olympics helped support the wellbeing of their entire family.
Young Athletes Activity Star Garden SO Montenegro
The Young Athletes program brings together children with and without intellectual disabilities, aged 2 to 7 years old, to learn basic sports skills and team-building activities.
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