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In the News

From the Classroom to the World Stage

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Follow along as Wang Chang provides a look into his life as he prepares for the Global Youth Leadership Summit.
Community Impact

Heroes in Africa Region Share the Impact of Inclusion

Conversations With My Hero
A series of video interviews between youth leaders in Africa Region and their personal heroes showcase the best of inclusion across society, from the sports field to the classroom, the work place and even the performance stage.
Community Impact

Special Olympics Malta Athlete Leader Gilmour Borg Speaks At EU World Mental Health Day Conference

Special Olympics Athlete Leader Gilmour Borg giving a speech.
Special Olympics Health Messenger Gilmour Borg shared his compelling journey from enduring bullying to emerging as an Athlete Leader, at the European Union's (EU) World Mental Health Conference in Brussels, Belgium.
European Union Funded Projects

Young Integrity Ambassadors Programme

Young Integrity Ambassadors Programme (YIAP) and is funded by the Erasmus+. The project lead is EUROPEAN NON-GOVERNMENTAL SPORTS ORGANISATION (ENGSO). SO Europe Eurasia Foundation are a partner in this project to ensure that youth with an intellectual disability (ID) are represented in the project. The other partners in the project are: Riksidrottsförbundet, European Lotteries, EUSA, Smaland, A Confederação do Desporto, Opes Italia, Union of Lithuanian Sports Federation, Lithuania Olympic Committee. For more information on the project please see - https://www.engso-education.eu/youth-integrity-ambassadors-programme/
Press Releases

United Set to Hire More Special Olympics Athletes as Customer Service Ambassadors

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[Chicago, Illinois, USA - July 18, 2025] United announced today that it will expand the industry’s only Special Olympics Service Ambassador (SOSA) program to the airline’s hubs in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Newark. The goal is to welcome 10 more people into the program and reach a total of 28 SOSA employees across all seven of its U.S. hubs, furthering its effort to create employment opportunities for people with physical and intellectual disabilities.
Athletes

“The news came as a complete surprise!”

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As Gilmour Borg and his fellow nine new Sargent Shriver Global Messengers take part in a week of training in Washington D.C., we take the opportunity to get to know Gilmour a little better with a one-to-one interview.
In the News

Apolo Ohno talks about the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Russia on SiriusXM Radio

Special Olympics International Global Ambassador Apolo Ohno with Hanna Atkinson, Sargent Shriver International Global Messenger from Special Olympics Colorado.
Special Olympics International Global Ambassador Apolo Ohno, three-time Olympian in short track speed skating, expressed his excitement for the World Winter Games 2022 Kazan on SiriusXM’s The Jess Cagle Show (Stars Channel 109).
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The NBA Cares Special Olympics Unified Sports® Game Line Up for 2020

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Twelve Special Olympics All-star athletes will be on the same teams as some of the NBA’s finest players, including NBA legends, active and former WNBA players and celebrity figures.
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Be a Leader & Share Your Success at Ending the R-Word

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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 Sweden Fact Sheet.
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