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Dr. Mallika Nadda

Dr. Mallika Nadda, President, Special Olympics Bharat
International Advisory Committee Representative and President of Special Olympics Bharat
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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.

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Yang Lan

Yang Lan, Special Olympics Board of Directors and Global Ambassador
Media Entrepreneur, Journalist, Talk Show Host, Special Olympics Board Member
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Trying to Rebound after COVID-19

Kenya University swimming sign in the foreground with a large group of people waiting at the entrance.
One Special Olympics club in Kenya struggles to increase athlete and coach participation to pre-Covid levels two years after the end of the lockdown.
Athletes

Special Olympics Athletes Advocate on Capitol Hill

By Haley Waggoner, April 06, 2026
A female Special Olympics athlete holds a microphone.
From February 9 – 10, in Washington, D.C., Special Olympics athletes from 49 U.S. Programs attended more than 365 meetings with their members of Congress, advocating for continued partnership to support the organization’s work in health and education.
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Renee Manfredi and National Disability Employment Awareness Month

By Renee Manfredi, November 01, 2021
Renee Manfredi and a soccer team standing in front of the keepers net.
For National Disability Employment Awareness Month (October), I wanted to share about the BEST resource around: Special Olympics.

VE Tia Ruffin: Share with Your Community

VE Tia Ruffin: Share with Your Community
Doctor and Special Olympics Cote d’Ivoire volunteer VE Tia Ruffin shares his story of inclusion with Unified Pair Yann Christopher Beugre and Ange Roland M'Brah.

Rev. Samuel Tumushime: A Unified Spirit

Rev. Samuel Tumushime: A Unified Spirit
Faith leader and Special Olympics Rwanda supporter Rev. Samuel H. Tumushime shares his story of inclusion with youth leader and sibling Patience Ntaganzwa.
Youth and School

Be a Game Changer at School

Be a Game Changer at School
View the excitement and comradery that can be achieved as a Unified Champion School.
Athletes

EsmeeAnne Becomes First Special Olympics Athlete from Europe to Complete a 70.3 IRONMAN

By Walter Tempelman, September 18, 2024
A woman smiles at the camera pointing up at a finish line mark.
On 1 September 2024, Special Olympics Netherlands athlete EsmeeAnne de Meulmeester ran, swam and cycled her heart out to complete a half IRONMAN in Duisburg, Germany.
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