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“Let’s All Stand Together” - A Europe Day Message for the Athletes of Special Olympics

Four men and a woman stand together smiling in front of European Union branded background.
Polish Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski has been a firm and fervent supporter of the athletes of Special Olympics since the early 1990s when he first encountered our movement as the Mayor of the city of Wrocław (1990 to 2001).
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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.

Special Olympics Unified 3x3 Basketball World Cup

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The inaugural Special Olympics Unified 3x3 Basketball World Cup will feature basketball players with and without intellectual disabilities playing on the same team.
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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 North Macedonia Fact Sheet.
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Montenegro Unified Club receives Champions of Solidarity Award

Six people standing behind three women seated, all wearing masks. On the wall in the background, a seal between two flags.
Special Olympics Montenegro’s innovative Unified Club Naša škola Ekonomska was awarded the Champion of Solidarity Award by the Municipality of Nikšić on 8 March 2021.

Nada Al Rachid

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Nada Al Rachid is from Tunisia. She works as a sport coach in “AL Walid Sports Center” for people with Intellectual Disabilities, in Ariana, Tunisia. Prior to her experience with Special Olympics, Nada has been a trainee in “AL Walid Sports Center” for people with Intellectual Disabilities which offered her the opportunity to join Special Olympics and make a wide variety of sports achievements both at the National and International levels. Thanks to her experience, Nada is now inspiring other people to follow her lead through her work as a trainer and her close relationship with the children in whom she sees hope.
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When Someone You Love Has Special Needs

Special Olympics Australia athlete, Tim Gould, jumping with racket in hand to reach the tennis ball.
When you have a loved one with special needs, planning for the future is even more important, but can be more complicated. In addition to creating the necessary lifetime plans for yourself and your family, you may be concerned about how to manage care for your loved one and your assets when you are gone.

David Egan

David Egan
Special Olympics Virginia, USA

Jim Barbee

Jim Barbee, Special Olympics Chief Financial Officer
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