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Athletes

Preparation & Passion: Jana Kennedy’s Recipe for Meaningful Employment

By RJ Nealon, November 01, 2022
A woman smiles for the camera. She's standing outside in front of mountains.
Jana Kennedy’s passion for working in the prep kitchen stems from her relationship with her grandma.

Partners of the Movement

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Special Olympics is a trusted organization supporting individuals with intellectual disabilities globally for more than 50 years. Our work succeeds in changing lives, building advocacy networks, and creating a lasting positive impact.
Community Impact

"We're not giving up": Insights from the Trailblazers of Inclusive Health

Kelsey Nicole Nelson and Gilmour Borg in a Zoom call.
Celebrating the 2022 Global Golisano Health Leadership Awards with Kelsey Nicole Nelson and the trailblazers of inclusive health.

Sports

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Special Olympics offers 30-plus Olympic-style individual and team sports that provide meaningful training and competition opportunities for persons with intellectual disabilities.
Events & Campaigns

Play Unified

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The Play Unified marketing campaign is a way to excite and engage young people to come out and play Unified Sports®. Play Unified also expresses the movement’s ambition to be recognized as an inclusive community where people with and without intellectual disabilities have the opportunity to enjoy and appreciate each other’s gifts, both on and off the playing field.

Sport Partnerships

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Special Olympics actively seeks partnerships with international sport organizations to demonstrate the unique ability of sports to transcend barriers and serve as a vehicle for social inclusion for children and adults with intellectual disabilities.

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The Research and Evaluation Team works with athletes and families, SO regional, national and local programs, locating operating committees, academic institutions and universities, government agencies, and more to enhance the SO mission.

What We Do

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Special Olympics is a global movement that unleashes the human spirit every day around the world through the transformative power and joy of sport. Through programming in sports, health, education and community building, Special Olympics is tackling the inactivity, stigma, isolation, and injustice that people with intellectual disabilities (ID) face.

History

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From a backyard summer camp for people with intellectual disabilities to a global sports movement, Special Olympics has been changing lives and attitudes since 1968.
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