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The Sports Ethics Examiner & Special Olympics Team Up to Champion Inclusion in Sport

Player helping another player to his feet.
As the build-up continues to the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Turin, Italy from 8-15 March, Special Olympics has teamed up with The Sports Ethics Examiner, for a fresh dialogue around Special Olympics, its athletes and coaches, and its impact on the world of sport.
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Special Olympics Chief Health Officer on the challenges coronavirus poses for people with disabilities

Over the years, Special Olympics has provided over 2 million free health screenings (in the areas of vision, hearing, dental, etc.) in over 135 countries and trained nearly 280,000 health care professionals on the topic of people with ID.
“At Special Olympics, when we can’t be in our competitions and our events, we still are everyday connecting with our athletes to make sure they aren’t socially isolated,” said Dr. Alicia Bazzano, Chief Health Officer for Special Olympics during an interview with MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports.

Planned Giving

The Special Olympics mission remains as vital today as it did when the movement was founded in 1968. Gifts in wills and other legacy gifts will help us ensure that every person with intellectual disabilities can participate in Special Olympics. These meaningful gifts truly fund an inclusive future.

Mónica Carolina Rivas Melgar

Moncia Carolina Rivas Melgar - SO El Salvador, Health Messenger
Special Olympics El Salvador

10 Tips from Special Olympics Athletes on How to Make Covid-19 Vaccination Clinics Inclusive

10 Tips from Special Olympics Athletes on How to Make Covid-19 Vaccination Clinics Inclusive
People with intellectual disabilities are dying from COVID-19 at much higher rates than people without intellectual disabilities. Special Olympics in partnership with Jefferson Center for Autism and Neurodiversity partnered to raise COVID-19 vaccines awareness among people with intellectual disabilities.Special Olympics athletes have an important message to staff and volunteers working at vaccination clinics: be more inclusive.
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Lean, Mean, Skiing Machine

A woman (left) and man (right) sit in front of a grey wall. They both have on gray pullovers and are smiling for the camera.
In a few short days, Nick Mills will be leaving South Dakota to embark on a trip of a lifetime.
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Special Olympics North America Golf Championship

Athletes and Unified partners from throughout the United States and Canada competed in the sport of golf at Penn National Golf Club in Fayetteville, PA. Competition was held in individual stroke and Unified team play.
Athletes

Coach Molly Underly Keeps Special Olympics USA Looking Forward

By Karini Viranna , July 09, 2026
A group of women wearing blue shirts with "USA" in white lettering smile as they pose together outdoors, with a construction facade, trees and shrubs in the background.
Coach Molly Underly and Special Olympics USA battled Special Olympics Namibia to a 1-1 draw on Wednesday, adding another chapter to a tournament that has already included a 2-1 win over Azerbaijan and a 6-0 loss to Guatemala.
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