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Plan of Care

Plan of Care
In this video, you will hear families share their experience receiving an intellectual or developmental disability diagnosis for their child, and how creating a plan of care and collaborating with their healthcare providers helped support their child's health and development.
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Ponaganset HS: A Case Study

Ponaganset HS: A Case Study
It takes a lot of work to be a Special Olympics National banner Unified Champion School. To do this, a school must meet the 10 standards of excellence. A great example is Ponaganset High School in Rhode Island. One of the reasons is Ponaganset High School created the Inclusion Pledge. This school created the pledge during the 50th anniversary of Special Olympics. Since then, the pledge has been taken around the world by supporters. Another part of being a Unified Champion School is showing the 3 components. The first component is Unified Sports. Another component is Inclusive Youth Leadership. Finally, the third component is Whole School Engagement. Altogether, the components create a strong and inclusive school. Watch to learn more about Ponaganset High School.
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Meet Moly, the official Mascot of the Special Olympics World Winter Games Turin!

Meet Moly, the official Mascot of the Special Olympics World Winter Games Turin!
The countdown to the Special Olympics World Winter Games begins with an exciting announcement: Meet Moly, the official Mascot of the Games! ❄️ Moly represents the creativity and inclusion at the heart of our movement, brought to life through a competition involving over 2,500 students with and without intellectual disabilities. Their incredible designs showcased the power of teamwork and imagination. πŸ’‘β€οΈ Stay tuned as Moly helps us celebrate the journey to the Games! πŸ…
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Turin 2025 Opening Ceremony: The Flame Of Hope Is Lit!

Turin 2025 Opening Ceremony: The Flame Of Hope Is Lit!
The theme of "the Strength of Kindness" set the tone for the Opening Ceremony of the Special Olympics World Winter Games Turin 2025. This event marked the official start of the Games, celebrating not only the physical strength and dedication required to compete at the World Games, but also the quiet strength behind the transformative power of inclusion that Special Olympics athletes embody every day.Read the full article
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Faces of Football

Faces of Football
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused chaos around the world. The athletes of Special Olympics have felt the forced social isolation caused by the pandemic more than most as they lost access to playing sport and meeting their teammates.
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International Youth Day 2021: Lead to Include

International Youth Day 2021: Lead to Include
Special Olympics Middle East / North Africa (MENA) youth are prioritizing the inclusion of persons with disabilities as a critical need of the hour. In response to a video prompt led by Special Olympics MENA, youth from Special Olympics (SO) Bahrain, SO Lebanon, SO Egypt and SO Morocco share powerful messages about the need for young people to lead to include. Youth leaders, advocates of inclusion of persons with disabilities, unified partners, and mentors also shared about their experience with Special Olympics MENA and how inclusion empowers everyone to succeed.Read the Full Article
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Let's all do the #WalkForInclusion

Let's all do the #WalkForInclusion
Be a part of our global #WalkForInclusion and show your support for children with intellectual disabilities. With every step, we celebrate a child's first milestone and walk towards a more inclusive future for all.
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Special Olympics Unified Volleyball World Cup in Poland

Special Olympics Unified Volleyball World Cup in Poland
From 5–8 October 2025, Katowice, Poland will host a thrilling showdown as 16 Unified Volleyball teamsβ€”featuring nearly 200 athletesβ€”take center court at the iconic Spodek Arena.
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Six Majors, One Message: More Than a Marathon

Six Majors, One Message: More Than a Marathon
Special Olympics New Hampshire athlete Thomas Cantara shares his journey completing all six World Marathon Majors and making history at the Boston Marathon. Board member Mark Duggan joins to talk about expanding access to elite competition and the power of inclusion through sport.
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π™‰π™€π™«π™žπ™š 𝙆𝙣𝙀𝙬𝙨 - Episode Eight: Aim for Love Part Two

π™‰π™€π™«π™žπ™š 𝙆𝙣𝙀𝙬𝙨 - Episode Eight: Aim for Love Part Two
Love Is Blind’s Taylor Krause joins Novie at Busboys and Poets to share how a reality TV experiment turned into a real-life love story. Plus, her best dating advice, why making the first move matters and what it’s really like to say β€œyes” sight unseen.Download the Transcript
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