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What Inclusion Means to Me

By Kyle Norman , January 30, 2025
Jazlyn and Kyle standing outside in the snow next to a Polar Plunge signage.
Written with help from Terri Norman and Jazlyn Young.
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Dialogue Scenario 1: When Friends or Family Use the R-word

Having a conversation with friends and family about the R-word can be uncomfortable. Use this dialogue to help you spread the word.
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Supporting Organizations

We, as organizations and self-advocates representing members of the disability community, recognizing the dignity of individuals with intellectual disabilities, the challenges they and their families face, and the meaningful and powerful contributions they make to their families, their communities, and their country.
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Be a Leader & Share Your Success at Ending the R-Word

We want to hear stories of how you are creating a more inclusive world to inspire and teach others how to change their communities.
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Dialogue Scenario 2: Collecting R-word Pledges at an Event

Use this dialogue guide and tips to help you successfully articulate why the R-word is hurtful and harmful in everyday speech.
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A Guide to Standing Up to Bullying

Trigger/Content warning: discussion of suicide, bullying, and assaultPlease read at your own discretion.14-year-old Adriana Kuch was like any other American teenager. Her family described her as a “fun-loving little girl.”
Athletes

Empowering Mentors: The First SOMENA Athlete Leaders Mentors Training in Abu Dhabi

A group of 18 people standing in two rows for a group photo.
From December 16 – 17, 2024, Abu Dhabi hosted the First Special Olympics Middle East / North Africa Athlete Leaders Mentors Training.
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Raja Dalis, Special Olympics Illinois Mother, Emphasizes the Power of Community

A male Special Olympics athlete is riding a brown horse with a white spot on its forehead. The athlete is smiling.
When Raja Dalis couldn't find the resources she wanted as the parent of a child with an intellectual disability, she created them, finding a new community along the way.
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Toyota Delivers the First Vehicles for Special Olympics World Winter Games Turin 2025: Together for an Inclusive and Barrier-Free Sport

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[Rome, Italy – 13 February 2025] Toyota, as a global partner of Special Olympics® and Mobility Partner for Special Olympics Winter World Games Torino 2025, has started delivering the first vehicles destined for the event, scheduled from March 8 to 15, 2025.
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Sports Excellence as Tradition: Gonzalo Gets Ready for Turin

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Gonzalo Escobar Wernli grew up with a love for winter sports—and a talent for them, too. And why wouldn’t he? He enjoyed early instruction from his grandfather, Claudio Wernli, who was a competitive skier in the 1964 Winter Olympics in Austria, among other events.
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