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Challenging Expectations, One Challenge at a Time—You Can, Too!!

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Learn about the Special Olympics jump rope challenge.
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Special Olympics Partners with Smartsheets to Create a More Inclusive Experience for Athletes

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Special Olympics recently partnered with Smartsheets to create a more inclusive experience for the athletes.
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AIPS Media Shares Report on Historic Special Olympics Sprint Triathlon

Special Olympics athletes pose for a photo in front of Special Olympics Slovakia banners.
The following is an excerpt from the article by Special Olympics Sports Manager Kester Edwards titled Special Olympics Europe Eurasia Athletes Make History in Challenge Family Triathlon Series published by AIPS International Sports Press Association.
Special Olympics Asia Pacific

Guam

Athlete performing the long jump.
Special Olympics Guam (SOGU) organization is about Respect, Dignity and Compassion. We provide a healthy, happy, safe and inclusive environment for our athletes with the help of our Island Community. Our Revolution of Inclusion is a mindset, a movement and goal for everyone to open their minds, hearts and commit to including people with intellectual disabilities, recognizing their abilities and NOT their disabilities. SOGU works to create an environment by which athletes are nurtured through sports and life skills that will empower them with confidence and build their self-esteem to be independent and productive citizens of our island community. Our athletes are not just athletes but ambassadors of uprising peaceful protestors whose lives are challenged by their disabilities. Our Athletes strive for equality, dignity and recognition into our island community.

The very oath of champions that each and every one of us recites before each event, “Let me win, But if I can not win, Let me be brave in the attempt.” Is our way of life!

Special Olympics Guam (SOGU) is a registered non-profit organization on Guam for over forty years. SOGU is accredited and recognized under the Special Olympics Asia Pacific (SOAP) region overseen by Special Olympics International (SOI), the governing body for this Global Movement. SOGU is an organization solely run by dedicated yearlong volunteers.
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Inclusion Revolution Radio and AccessiBe Welcomes Special Olympics Athlete, Regan Hofley

Text reads “accessiBe in collaboration with Inclusion Revolution Radio” includes the accessiBe and Inclusion Revolution Radio logo. Text reads“Season #5 Episode 01, Regan Hofley, Special Olympics Canada” photo of Regan on the right side.
Inclusion Revolution Radio podcast host, Novie Craven, and co-host, Josh Basile, from accessiBe have teamed up to release a podcast mini-series highlighting the Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023.
Special Olympics Europe Eurasia

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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.
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Loretta Claiborne Honored as Local Hero in Pennsylvania

Loretta Claiborne and Eunice Kennedy Shriver holding their hands in the air
Spotlight PA recognized Loretta Claiborne as a Local Hero for her lifetime of work and accomplishments with Special Olympics. The following is an excerpt from the article titled PA Local Heroes: The champion athlete advocating for people with disabilities:
50 Game Changers

Malachie

Malachie sitting on a football with young children surrounding him.
Malachie was found in a dark room, chained to a pole in a Tanzanian refugee camp. His life was changed when he was brought out of isolation and introduced to Special Olympics Unified Sports.

Special Olympics prioritizes Health Care with Healthy Athletes

Special Olympics prioritizes Health Care with Healthy Athletes
In 1997, Special Olympics Healthy Athletes® began offering free health screenings and education to Special Olympics athletes in a welcoming, fun environment. Since then, we have delivered over 2 million free health screenings and trained close to 300,000 health professionals and students to treat people with intellectual disabilities. Moreover, Special Olympics Programs have been able to expand their reach of Healthy Athletes, by offering 123,896 screenings since 2016 in new locations or in new disciplines. Dr. Alicia Bazzano is the Chief Health Officer for Special Olympics. Dr. Bazzano was generous with her time and gave FanSided a guided tour through the health screening that each athlete is afforded. The program has been in place for over 20 years and continues to expand in scope.
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