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Athletes

Youth Leadership in Africa is Making News

Youth leaders sit along two summit rows. Their desks have microphones and name tags. They are smiling.
From Regional summits to global platforms, young Special Olympics leaders are not waiting for change; they are leading it.
In the News

ESPN’s Tony Reali is Excited About Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools® Growth

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ESPN’s Around The Horn Host Tony Reali attends Generation Unified 2019 in Washington, DC with Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools locations and activities.
In the News

Defending Evidence-Based Social and Emotional Learning

Tim Shriver sits next to female student at a high school assembly.
Timothy Shriver and Roger P. Weissberg defend Social and Emotional Learning in an article published by the education journal Phi Delta Kappan.
In the News

216 Host Towns Selected for 2023 Berlin World Games

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Today, the Berlin Local Organizing Committee announced its Host Town Program, the largest communal inclusion project in Germany’s history.
Community Impact

Volunteer Talks About the Young Athlete He'll Never Forget

By Edward Tooley, August 01, 2018
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I grew up a lot that day because of the tenacity and effort of that little girl in the wheelchair.
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Special Olympics is a global organization that serves athletes with intellectual disabilities working with hundreds of thousands of volunteers and coaches each year. Since the establishment of Special Olympics in 1968, the number of people with and without intellectual disabilities who are involved with the organization has been growing, but the unmet need to reach more people with intellectual disabilities is staggering.

It’s at the local level—right here—where interested volunteers meet the athletes. That’s where the perceptions start to change and where the miracle of transformation takes place.

Special Olympics provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Those activities give them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship.

Download the Special Olympics Southern California Fact Sheet.

Mujahid Al-Sarhani

Mujahid Al-Sarhani, SSGM, Special Olympics Middle East North Africa
Special Olympics Middle East / North Africa
In the News

Special Olympics: Eye Opening Opportunity

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The following is an excerpt from Monitor’s, Uganda edition, “Special Olympics: Eye opening opportunity” which highlights the Special Olympics Lions Clubs International Foundation Opening Eyes® program.
Press Releases

SHAPE America and Special Olympics Partner to Impact School Communities Through Unified Physical Education

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For more than 50 years, SHAPE America—Society of Health and Physical Educators and Special Olympics have joined forces to provide inclusive physical education (PE) programs nationwide.
Press Releases

Special Olympics and MetLife Announced Partnership

The three-year international partnership will expand Special Olympics Young Athletes across Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.
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