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Strong Minds

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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.
Sport and Competition

World Games North Carolina 1999

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Raleigh, North Carolina, USA • 26th June – 4th July 1999
Leadership Development

Unified Leadership

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Building from sport, Unified Leadership teaches leaders of all abilities to value and learn from each other, and create environments where people with ID succeed in meaningful roles.
Athletes

Celebrating Dreams and Dedication: Sitthiphon Phisajarn

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Sitthiphon Phisajarn‘s story of perseverance, passion, and determination to be able to compete alongside, and against, his twin brother at World Games Berlin 2023.
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2023 Special Olympics Holiday Card

2023 Special Olympics Holiday Card
As the holiday season approaches, Special Olympics sends our warmest wishes to all our incredible athletes and supporters around the world. May this time bring you peace, joy, unity, and inclusion. Let's spread love and kindness together. Happy holidays! ❤️ #ChooseToInclude
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Skills Learned in Journalism Turn into Career with Special Olympics Pennsylvania

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A chance encounter brought Nick Cammarota to Special Olympics for the first time. Now more than a decade later, he hasn't looked back and works full-time with Special Olympics Pennsylvania.
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Nearly 4 million athletes and Unified Sports partners participate in Special Olympics. More than 3 million participants are people with intellectual disabilities and over 600,000 are Unified partners without intellectual disabilities who compete on the same teams.
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Special Olympics Names Athlete Spokespersons

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Ten Sargent Shriver Global Messengers from around the world will represent the sports movement.
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Health Promotion

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Start with a short quiz to see what you already know about living a healthy lifestyle and then scroll down to learn more.

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Inclusion Through Sport For Children With Developmental Disabilities

Inclusion Through Sport For Children With Developmental Disabilities
Funded by the EEA and Norway Grants Fund for Regional Cooperation, the Inclusion through Sport for Children with Developmental Disabilities project aims to help children with intellectual disabilities, their parents, teachers and carers to better integrate into society. Over the last three years, more than 5,000 children with intellectual disabilities have seen an improvement in their overall happiness, motor and social skills.
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