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In the News

Why We Need to Maintain a Strong Federal Commitment to Special Olympics By U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.)

By U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.), August 21, 2019
Special Olympics athlete has her eyes tested and points to an eye test card.
“Athletes of determination” was the perfect theme for the 2019 Special Olympics World Games that took place in Abu Dhabi in March.
Community Impact

Now Announcing the 5 Hasbro-Supported Special Olympics National Banner Unified Champion Schools of 2021 – 2022

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During the 2021-2022 school year, Hasbro and Unified Champion Schools will support 5 national celebrations to honor schools for their achievement in banner recognition.
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Lessons From 2021 Move Us Closer to An Inclusive 2022

By Daniel "Dan" Smrokowski , January 12, 2022
Two Special Olympics athletes pose for a picture.
Some people may be glad that 2021 is in the past and happily threw the December 2021 calendar page into the recycling bin. It was a year of extra challenges for everybody and divisiveness about how to meet these challenges. But all was not lost when it comes to the Inclusion Revolution movement.

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.

Kim Jayde: Be inspired by Special Olympics

Kim Jayde: Be inspired by Special Olympics
Multi-award winning TV Host Kim Jayde shares her story of inclusion with athlete leader Valentino Vergotin. Join us in learning how Inclusion Works!
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Award-Winning Documentary Follows 9-Year Old Ukrainian Refugee’s First Steps

Olek and Vita stand posing for the camera with Rosa sitting in a stroller between them.
The award-winning documentary "When We Get Home" by Kathleen Shriver and Walking Films is a poignant exploration of the profound impact of war on marginalized communities, with a particular focus on individuals with intellectual disabilities.
Community Impact

Special Olympics and OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation Extend Partnership to Empower Athletes with Inclusive Eye Care Services

Four people, three men and one woman, standing next to a OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation roll-up
Special Olympics and the OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation have announced the extension of their impactful partnership for an additional three years between 2024 and 2026 at a ceremony in New York in September 2024.
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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.

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Online Coach Education

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If you are a coach or you are thinking about becoming a coach, read on to learn more about what courses we have and who each course is designed for.

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Athletes

Finding My Voice in the World We Share

By Haseeb Abbasi, September 23, 2019
Haseeb Abbasi
Give us the confidence to not just survive but thrive in life.
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