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Down syndrome describes a set of cognitive and physical symptoms that result from having an extra copy or part of a copy of chromosome 21.
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Special Olympics Senegal Celebrates World Youth Skills Day and International Youth Day

Thirteen athletes in matching white t-shirts stand together for a group photo.
Special Olympics Senegal brought together athletes, families, partners, and supporters to mark World Youth Skills Day and International Youth Day.
Community Impact

Special Olympics Mali Surprise Wins their First Basketball Gold, and So Much More

Group of athletes standing in a circle holding out their medals.
It’s the third quarter of their first match, and their opposing team has yet to feature on the scoreboard.
Community Impact

Bullying Prevention on International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2023

Two female students stand back to back while giving the thumbs up sign.
Students with disabilities are 2 – 3 times more likely to be bullied in school. That is why Special Olympics is shining a spotlight on bullying prevention for International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2023.
Athletes

Everyone Belongs in Sport: MATP Skiers Take to the Slopes in Powerful Sport Demonstration

By Niamh Nelson, March 11, 2025
Two coaches high-5 while holding MATP ski apparatus.
Yesterday marks a historic day for the Special Olympics Motor Activity Training Program (MATP) when the first-ever MATP Demonstration took place at the Special Olympics World Winter Games Turin 2025.
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AJPH Supplement Spotlighting Special Olympics Health Programming Demonstrates How Inclusive Public Health Spaces Improve the Health of People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

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Implementing strategies to improve health outcomes in all communities requires public health spaces to include people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) at the table when it comes to policy, funding and research decisions.
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Sport at the Heart of Social Inclusion and Education: Niger Joins the Special Olympics Global Coalition for Inclusion

A group of about ten people seated around a conference table during an official meeting in a boardroom. Several participants are speaking and listening, with microphones, notebooks, and documents placed on the table. Two red balls with the Special Olympics logo sit at the center. A national flag of Niger stands upright behind the group, and framed artwork is visible on the walls.
Ministry of Population, Social Action and National Solidarity commits to boosting inclusive sport and education in Niger
Athletes

World Cerebral Palsy Day with Novie Craven and RJ Nealon

Novie Craven and her mother on the left and JR Nealon in a swimming pool on the right.
Novie Craven speaks with former Special Olympics athlete, RJ Nealson, about living with Cerebral Palsy on the “Inclusion Revolution Radio” Podcast.

Jimmy Masina

Jimmy Masina, 2023 Global Athlete Congress Participant
Special Olympics South Africa

Ray Lane

Ray Lane, Special Olympics Board of Directors
Managing Partner, GreatPoint Ventures; Strategic Advisor, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
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