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It starts with you...

It starts with you...
Spread the Word to End the Word campaign video for Queen’s Grant Preparatory High School in North Carolina.
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'I Am a Person'

'I Am a Person'
A Spread the Word PSA created by youth and shared by LeFriendShip.

The R-word English Project

One school's English project about eliminating the R-word via You Tube user shesDYNAMITEx3
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R-Word Experiences - Part 2

R-Word Experiences - Part 2
Special Olympics Maryland offers more reasons against derogatory use of the R-word.
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ELHS Spreads the Word

ELHS Spreads the Word
Getting the word out to end the word 'retard' or 'retarded' is our goal for Best Buddies around the world.
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For Noah

For Noah
Listen to Noah's story and please pledge!

Piet Steel

Piet Steel, Special Olympics Board of Directors
Former Chairman of Europe Asia Center; Former Chairman of the Board at Special Olympics Belgium
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USA Games Are Underway, Practice Begins

By RJ Nealon, June 22, 2026
Special Olympics New Mexico athletes and coaches celebrate on a at the Track & Field Stadium after practice, excited for the upcoming athletics competitions at the 2026 Specia Olympics USA Games.
The 2026 Special Olympics USA Games are officially underway in the Twin Cities, and there’s much excitement around town.
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Swedish Government Decision Forces Special Olympics to Choose New Location for 2021 World Winter Games

Logo for the Special Olympics World Winter Games Sweden 2021 accompanied by a photo of a skier in motion on the snow.
WASHINGTON, D.C., December 20: The Special Olympics World Winter Games, planned for Sweden in February 2021, will no longer take place in the European nation. The reason is that the event’s organizing committee have not been able to secure sufficient funds for the Games.
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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 Brazil FactSheet (PDF)

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