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Common Myths About Intellectual Disability

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Help Our Athletes Break Barriers To Create a More Inclusive World
Press Releases

Special Olympics Highlights its Powerful Work with Refugees to Mark World Refugee Day 2024

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SOEE launches video highlight stories of refugees Ali and Sasha, whose lives have been transformed thanks to the Unified with Refugees Program
Press Releases

Special Olympics and Hip Hop Public Health Announce Partnership to Promote Inclusion and Fight Childhood Obesity Through the Power of Dance

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New signature hip hop song and music video targeted to youth with and without intellectual disabilities to launch on World Children’s Day
Health Disciplines

Strong Minds (Mental Health)

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Strong Minds is an interactive learning activity focused on developing adaptive coping skills. Competition provides a natural opportunity to develop active strategies for maintaining emotional wellness under stress, such as thinking positive thoughts, releasing stress, and connecting with others. Strong Minds is currently being further developed to include formal mental health screening measures (i.e., CORE-LD30 and WEMWBS-ID) to identify athletes at-risk for mental health concerns. Screening results will inform a more robust referral system to connect these athletes with community-based healthcare professionals.

For further information or general inquiries related to this discipline, please contact us at strongminds@specialolympics.org. SO Program staff and established Clinical Directors are encouraged to submit their questions through our online form available here.
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FabFitFun and Special Olympics Athletes Team Up for the FabFitFun Summer Box!

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Krystal Johnson and Jenna Ramirez are two of four Special Olympics athletes from Special Olympics Southern California featured in this season’s FabFitFun Summer Box!
Athletes

Shane's Journey of Determination to World Games

By Iñaki Esnaola, March 12, 2025
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If you were to see Shane François Bentley today—gliding on the ice, defending on the soccer field, or diving into a swimming pool—you’d never guess the mountain of challenges he’s had to overcome.

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Jamie Cruz at the UN

Jamie Cruz at the UN
In 2018, I was contacted by the self-advocacy organization Empower Us; they gave me the opportunity to travel to the UK that same year, and in 2019, to New York, to address the United Nations on the importance of sports, culture and hobbies for people with disabilities. I have also traveled to Bolivia, Mexico and Colombia to talk about my life experiences.Full Story
Tributes

A Letter from Jon Bon Jovi

I want to thank you for everything you've done for me and for my family-allowing me to be part of your work with the Special Olympics.
Community Impact

Special Olympics Michigan Coach Allison Wonch Chosen for Unified Champion Schools Outstanding Coach Award

By RJ Nealon, April 24, 2022
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The 39-year-old’s journey mimics many others’ who find their way to Special Olympics.
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