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Meet the Determined: #MeetAhmed

Watch the inspirational story of Ahmed and his sisters, who are giving back to society by joining thousands of volunteers in supporting the Special Olympics World Games Abu Dhabi 2019.

Unified Sports

Unified Sports was inspired by a simple principle: training together and playing together is a quick path to friendship and understanding for athletes with and without intellectual disabilities.

Rabah: "Every Day Is a Feast"

Rabah Kino of Lebanon is a multisport Special Olympics athlete who shatters expectations about people with intellectual disabilities, every single day.

Global Youth Leadership Summit

In March 2019, our Global Youth Leadership Summit will bring together unified young leaders of the Special Olympics movement to mold a new world.

Bree Bogucki

For Bree Bogucki, growing up was anything but easy. She grew up isolated, locking herself in her room. At nine-years-old, Bree was introduced to sports and her life was changed forever.

Youth Respond to the O’Reilly Factor

This video is a representation of the strong feelings presented by the delegates of the Global Youth Activation Summit who are advocating for those people with intellectual disabilities. This video was created in the reaction to the use of the "R" word in Bill O'Reilly's show airing February 9. Since the use of the "R" word was used in a derogatory way without a retaliation of O'Reilly these delegates wanted to voice their sadness in the effort to make their voices heard about ending the use of the "R" word.

We’re Not All that Different

This is a video created by youth in Arlington, Virginia to raise awareness about the hurtfulness of using the word 'retard.'

We Need a New R-Word

This is a video created by Noah Gray from Miami, Florida to raise awareness about the hurtfulness of using the word 'retard.'

The Weight of Words

This is a video created by youth in Arlington, Virginia to raise awareness about the hurtfulness of using the word 'retard'