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Sport Partnerships

International Ski and Snowboard Federation

Special Olympics Inc. and the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) established an official partnership in 2016 to support each other's missions. FIS, recognized by the IOC and IPC, governs Olympic disciplines like Alpine Skiing, Cross-Country Skiing, and Snowboarding, as well as Paralympic disciplines. Special Olympics offers competitions in Alpine Skiing, Cross-Country Skiing, and Snowboarding.
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Special Olympics Youth of the Week: Jacob Baker and Jim Kinnard

Jacob Baker and Jim Kinnard, Unified pair from Special Olympics Idaho
Jacob Baker and Jim Kinnard are a Special Olympics Unified pair from Idaho. In July, Jacob and Jim attended the 2018 USA Games in Seattle to participate in the Youth Leadership Experience (YLE). They were chosen for the YLE because of their leadership skills and passion for inclusion. Afterward, they wrote about their experience.
Community Impact

Cities of Inclusion Summit in Philadelphia

Two presenters on stage speaking to an audience with America football and Special Olympics materials displayed on the stage.
Special Olympics Pennsylvania hosted a “Cities of Inclusion” Summit to create a vision for Philadelphia as an inclusive city. 
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United Airlines Hires Special Olympics Athletes in Denver

Snow rises up around Cody Field as he comes to a stop while snowboarding.
Special Olympics corporate sponsor, United Airlines, has hired Special Olympics athletes in Denver as part of their team.
Programs

Cameroon

Young women running on a track with her arms raised in victory.
Special Olympics Cameroon provides empowerment, acceptance and joy. But for every Special Olympics athlete, there are many people with intellectual disabilities we haven’t reached yet.
Special Olympics Asia Pacific

Vietnam

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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.

Special Olympics Vietnam is recognized as a Founding Committee. A Founding Committee is a group of people who join together and apply to Special Olympics International for recognition and the right to use the name "Special Olympics" with the ultimate goal of being accredited as a Program.

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.
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Special Olympics World Games 2019 in Abu Dhabi

Special Olympics World Games 2019 in Abu Dhabi
For the first time, Special Olympics World Games will be held in the Middle East. Let the countdown begin!
Athletes

Day 2 of the Unified Volleyball World Cup in the Books – Up Next

Two teams of volleyball players on the court
Day 2 of competition at the Special Olympics Unified Volleyball World Cup in Katowice, Poland from 5-8 October brought a mix of emotions for all 16 competing teams as some rose to the top of their groups and others fell.
Press Releases

Special Olympics to “Light Up” the Globe to Celebrate Unity and Inclusion

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[WASHINGTON, D.C., July 20, 2026] Special Olympics announced today that more than 40 iconic buildings and landmarks around the world will turn RED in a worldwide display of unity, launching the organization’s Global Week of Inclusion event (July 20 – 26, 2026).
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