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AdoramaPix Partners with the Special Olympics

Athlete running in the street with the Eternal Flame of Hope.
AdoramaPix, a leader serving the needs of the photographic community for more than two decades, is honored to stand with Special Olympics and their other world-class partners in support of their shared vision to promote inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities.
Athletes

Athlete Gives Gold Medal to Pope Francis

Ximena de Varela offers her gold medal to Pope Francis during his visit to Panama for World Youth Day.
More than a half-million young people from around the world greeted Pope Francis during his recent World Youth Day visit to Panama.
In the News

Countdown to World Games! One Month To go

Athlete lighting the eternal flame during the opening ceremony.
One month from now, the most unified World Games in the history of the Special Olympics movement kicks off in the UAE on 14 March.
Athletes

Happy Valentine’s Day from Matthew and Crystal

By Matthew Williams, February 14, 2019
Crystal and Matthew hugging one another for a wedding photo.
Valentine’s Day is a day meant to share with your significant other how much they mean to you, the difference it makes having them in your life, and most importantly how much you love each other.
Sports Essentials

Special Olympics and Paralympics

Athlete speed skating
Special Olympics, the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee are complementary organizations, each one a testimony to the power of sport.
Athletes

Meet the World Games Athletes: Clara Lehmkuhl

Clara on the court with a tennis racket swinging at the ball.
Clara is one of only three people with Down Syndrome in the world officially certified as a Zumba instructor.
Athletes

Sargent Shriver Global Messenger Emanuelle Heads to World Games

Emanuelle de Souza speaking to an interviewers. She is in a black Special Olympics polo that reads, The Revolution is Inclusion on the sleeve.
Emanuelle de Souza, SO Brazil, started her four-year term as a Sargent Shriver International Global Messenger in January 2019.
Press Releases

Lighting of Flame of Hope in Athens, Greece

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Flame is bound for Special Olympics World Games Abu Dhabi 2019.
In the News

Eunice Kennedy Shriver Featured in New BBC Documentary

Eunice Kennedy Shriver looking at a young athlete.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver is the subject of a new BBC documentary entitled The Kennedy Who Changed the World.
Press Releases

Bridging the gap: Special Olympics and Best Buddies create global movement to build inclusion for people with intellectual disabilities

Five young adults wearing Spread the Word Inclusion t-shirts.
Special Olympics, Best Buddies International and supporters from around the world will unite on Wednesday, March 6th for the annual Spread the Word Day.
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