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The People Who Made the USA Games

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In Minnesota, about 13,000 volunteers filled around 19,000 shifts during the USA Games.
Inclusive Health

Health Reports

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Special Olympics produces yearly reports to share data we collect on the health of people with intellectual disabilities and our efforts to improve their health. See below for links to the reports.

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Special Olympics Advocates: Don’t Leave This Community Out of Mental Health Discussions

Two women having a conversation. The woman on the left stands and listens as the woman on the right speaks and holds a stress ball.
The following is an excerpt from The Healthy by Reader’s Digest article, “Special Olympics Advocates: Don’t Leave This Community Out of Mental Health Discussions” on what effective mental health care looks like for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and why inclusion needs to be part of the solution.
Community Impact

Crossing Finish Lines and Making History: Kyle and Brent Pease

Promotional graphic for Inclusion Revolution Radio featuring a cyclist assisting a handcycle rider during a race. The design includes the Special Olympics logo, “Season 7 | Episode 12,” and the episode title “Kyle & Brent Pease” from The Kyle Pease Foundation, set against a purple background with the Podville logo.
On this episode of Inclusion Revolution Radio, we are highlighting the power of perseverance, partnership and possibility in a conversation between host Novie Craven and brothers Kyle and Brent Pease, world-renowned push-assist athletes, disability advocates and co-founders of The Kyle Pease Foundation.
In the News

Faces of Inclusion: Stories of Impact from Unified Schools

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Two storybooks feature 16 stories of people with and without intellectual disabilities around the world, documenting inclusion in sports and education.
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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.

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.
In the News

Panthers Quarterback Bryce Young Makes News with Special Olympics Partnership

A group of three adults and four children standing in front of a Special Olympics backdrop stand close for a group photo.
Fansided recently covered the announcement of North Carolina Panthers Quarterback Bryce Young’s support of Special Olympics Unified Sports®.

Daniel Smrokowski, Sargent Shriver International Global Messenger and Special Olympics Illinois athlete, provides the introduction to the list.

Daniel Smrokowski, Sargent Shriver International Global Messenger and Special Olympics Illinois athlete, provides the introduction to the list.
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Special Olympics Named Finalist for 2026 Cynopsis Sports Award

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Coverage of the 2026 Special Olympics 3x3 Basketball Tournament in San Juan, Puerto Rico has been named a finalist in the Sports Social Impact Initiative category at the 2026 Cynopsis Sports Awards.
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