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Inclusive Health

Health Messengers

Six people standing in a circle with their arms around one another looking down as the photographer is looking up taking a photo of them.
The only way to end exclusion is to have people who face these challenges daily help create the solution.
In the News

Special Olympics Opens Empowering Photo Exhibition in Brussels with Support from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation

A speaker stands at a microphone while four others sit on chairs. Special Olympics-themed photos are displayed in the background.
The exhibition and its launch event highlight triumphs of athletes with intellectual disabilities and the power of the Special Olympics-SNF global partnership in fostering a more inclusive world.
In the News

Play Maker and Game Changer: How Joachim Joris is Changing Special Olympics Unified Sports ®

A man in a sports kit holds a basketball while standing under a hoop on an indoor court.
Whether he is holding a basketball or a sports rule book, Joachim Joris is on a mission to make Unified basketball a better experience for all.
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Special Olympics International and Education Cannot Wait Join Forces to Advance Inclusion through Sports and Physical Education in Emergency and Protracted Crisis Settings

A young boy wearing a Barcelona football kit smiles while playing football with a cheerful woman in El Salvador, as girls cheer in the background.
Groundbreaking partnership aims to address barriers faced by children with intellectual disabilities in some of the most challenging crises worldwide.

Special Olympics Youth Leaders

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Celebrating Inclusive Health Across the MENA Region

A group of 21 people pose for a photo situated between two black tables and in front of three red and while Special Olympics Health banners. There are two rows of people, with the front row sitting and the back row standing. In the middle of the front row, two women hold a sign reading “#InclusiveHealth.”
Leadership from Special Olympics International and the Golisano Foundation spent the week of November 4th in the MENA Region witnessing the impact of local health programs in action!
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Special Olympics European Football Conference 2024: Building an Inclusive Football Community

A group of eight men and women stand together in front of a large screen smiling to the camera with a man and a woman at the centre holding a glass plaque in presentation box.
From 20 to 21 November, the 16th Special Olympics Europe and Eurasia (SOEE) Football Conference took place in Brdo, Slovenia, bringing together 42 representatives from 26 countries.
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Unstoppable Determination: One Athlete's Journey of Passion and Love for Sport

a person on a ski apparatus for a disabled person, and a person behind him guiding it downhill. text reads: "there's always a place in sports."
For the 2024 International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD), Special Olympics is celebrating athletes like Michal Dolinsky!
In the News

People are Openly Using the R-Word Again. But Why? - Boston Globe

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The following is an excerpt from The Boston Globes’ article, “‘I’m really terrified’: Disability rights advocates concerned about return of r-word” on the resurgence of the r-word:
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