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Special Olympics Libya provides empowerment, acceptance and joy. But for every Special Olympics athlete, there are many people with intellectual disabilities we haven’t reached yet.

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 Libya FactSheet (PDF)
In the News

Special Olympics Athlete Amy Bockerstette makes History at NJCAA National Championship

Close up of Amy adjusting her sun visor that has her name on it.
Amy Bockerstette made history earlier this month when she became the first person with Down syndrome to take part in a national college championship at the National Junior College Athletic Association National Championship at Plantation Bay Golf & Country Club in Ormond Beach, Florida.
Press Releases

Caribbean Countries Score Goal for Inclusive Health for People with Intellectual Disabilities

The Unified Football Cup, hosted by Special Olympics Jamaica on 4 November, brought together 300 athletes with and without intellectual disabilities.
Press Releases

Special Olympics Announces Twelve Athletes Competing in NBA Cares Special Olympics Unified Sports® Game.

Unified Basketball team on the court in a row for a group photo.
This diverse group of accomplished athletes—including four individuals competing in Special Olympics World Games Abu Dhabi 2019—will tip-off in an inclusive game with NBA and WNBA legends and players on February 15.
Press Releases

Leaders for Inclusion together in Santo Domingo will showcase to the world the power of Inclusive Leadership

More than 60 Athlete Leaders representing over 56 nations came together to take part in the 2018 Special Olympics Global Athlete Congress in Santo Domingo as part of the 50th Anniversary celebrations.
Abu Dhabi Daily Show

Daniel Smrokowski and Nyasha Derera

Daniel Smrokowski and Nyasha Derera
Daniel Smrokowski, a Sargent Shriver International Global Messenger, interviews fellow Sargent Shriver International Global Messenger and Special Olympics Zimbabwe Athlete, Nyasha Derera.
Athletes

Athlete Perspective: The Importance of Inclusive Research and Evaluation

By Kayte Barton, May 21, 2025
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Special Olympics Minnesota athlete, Kayte Barton shares her experience as an athlete, participant, and Athlete Advisory Board Member for Project ALL STAR, while highlighting Special Olympics’ unique role in advancing inclusive research and evaluation.
In the News

Unified with Refugees: Bringing Inclusive Development to World Refugee Day

A group of young men in t-shirts, shorts and bibs in action facing the goal on a football pitch.
From Brussels to Nairobi and from Tuzla to Turin and beyond, the Special Olympics Unified with Refugees program continues to expand its reach in affording Special Olympics athletes and refugee youth alike the opportunity to come together and Play Unified.
Inclusive Health

School of Odontology of the Universidad de Valparaiso (Valparaiso, Chile)

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For years, the dental faculty at the Universidad de Valparaiso has been training students on conducting dental evaluations and oral health education for people with intellectual disabilities. They conduct community outreach clinics for people with intellectual disabilities and address urgent referrals at the university clinic, or by their mobile unit. Over the past 2 years, more than 150 athletes with intellectual disabilities have been screened and treated for caries, root canals and the installation of implants and dental prostheses.
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Special Olympics comments on immigrant children with intellectual disabilities

In moments of crisis and adversity, people with intellectual and developmental differences are at much greater risk.
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