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Press Releases

Special Olympics and Hasbro Celebrated 10 Inclusive Youth

Students honored for their inclusion of students with intellectual disabilities through participation in Special Olympics school club.
Athletes

Youth Voices: Meet Bettina Lehmann, an Inclusive Youth Leader going to Baku!

By Jenni Hakkinen, July 31, 2018
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Bettina Lehmann will represent Special Olympics Germany at the upcoming Global Youth Leadership Forum in Baku, Azerbaijan!
Our Words

Call Me Friend, Call Me Neighbor

Call Me Friend, Call Me Neighbor
This is a public service announcement created by BBDO-NY to raise awareness about the hurtfulness of the word 'retard' for people with intellectual disabilities. It's time we begin to respect and value people with intellectual disabilities as our friends and neighbors, instead of using labels.
In the News

Dilek Sabancı, Honorary Chairwoman of Special Olympics Turkey, receives Let’s Talk About It Award

By Zeynep Görpe, November 08, 2018
Dilek Sabancı, Honorary Chairwoman of Special Olympics Turkey, with Special Olympics Turkey athletes at recent 2018 "Let's Talk" event where she received an award honouring her inspirational efforts to combat taboos and stigmas around women’s health. She is on stage with Natalia Vodianova, Europe Eurasia leadership, and Special Olympics athletes.
Dilek Sabancı, Honorary Chairwoman of Special Olympics Turkey, received an award honouring her inspirational efforts to combat taboos and stigmas around women’s health at the recent 2018 "Let's Talk" event in Antalya, Turkey.

Sobeys at the Special Olympics Canada Winter Games Thunder Bay 2020

Sobeys at the Special Olympics Canada Winter Games Thunder Bay 2020
This year, members of the Sobeys family attended the Special Olympics Winter Games in Thunder Bay to cheer on athletes and witness their support in action. As a Diamond Sponsor of the Games, Sobeys, through its Safeway banner, supplied healthy meals and snacks to athletes and volunteers.
Athletes

Inclusion Can Change Lives

Chutipa in a blue, red, and white team shirt playing table tennis.
A life-changing experience that reunited me with my long-lost mother.
Latin America

ACODEPA elige incluir en poderosa alianza con Olimpiadas Especiales

Six people standing side by side for a small group photo.
La Asociación de Confederaciones Deportivas Panamericanas (ACODEPA) y Olimpiadas Especiales América Latina han iniciado conversaciones para una futura alianza que beneficiará a los atletas de América Latina y fortalecerá las disciplinas deportivas de toda la región.
Community Impact

Why the R-Word Is the R-Slur

A group of unified students promoting Spread the Word
Practice Inclusion: End the Use of the R-Word The research shows that when social media users are posting about people with intellectual disabilities, 7 in every 10 of those posts are negative, and 6 in 10 contain a slur.
Abu Dhabi Daily Show

Daniel Smrokowski and Saneatha Trice

Daniel Smrokowski and Saneatha Trice
Daniel Smrokowski, a Sargent Shriver International Global Messenger, interviews Saneatha Trice, Special Olympics USA Gymnast.
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