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Community Impact

What’s in a Name? For the Special Olympics North America Lifetime Achievement Award, It’s All About Longtime Coach Annette Lynch

By RJ Nealon, March 30, 2022
A group of Special Olympics basketball athletes and their coaches pose for a group photo.
A highly decorated Special Olympics coach, Annette Lynch has several favorite memories, but there is one in particular that stands out. Her Special Olympics Virginia Area 26 basketball team, the Dulles Cowboys, surprisingly qualified for the 1995 Special Olympics World Games in New Haven, Connecticut.
Athletes

Basketball in Iceland: From Lay Ups to Lifelong Friendships That Turned into Family

Mother and father kissing their son on the cheeks.
In a small country with a population of less than 400,000 people, there is a family with 32 children. They hang out together, hold pizza parties, chat, laugh, but most of all, they play basketball.
Inclusion Works

Cheers for Champions 2025

Thousands of athletes with intellectual disabilities—from all around the globe—are preparing to compete and set new personal bests at the Special Olympics World Winter Games Turin 2025. This will be the largest sports and humanitarian event on the planet—and the first World Winter Games in eight years! The action begins March 8.

Join us as we build a future of inclusion and empowerment for people with intellectual disabilities in sports, education, health and leadership. Meet just a few of these extraordinary athletes:

About Intellectual Disabilities

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Children and adults with intellectual disabilities inspire us every day at Special Olympics events around the world. But what are intellectual disabilities?
Tributes

A Letter from Carolyn and Peter Lynch

Eunice, you have accomplished with Special Olympics something I have not seen achieved by thousands and thousands of companies in the last ten, twenty, or forty years.
Tributes

A Letter from Bono

Eunice was the ultimate conductor.
Athletes

From Spins To Dribbles, Gorjan Stojkovski Never Stops Learning New Basketball Tricks

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The North Macedonian player was the life and soul of his team at the 2023 Regional West Balkans Basketball 3x3 Tournament in Tirana, Albania - and he still has energy for much more.
Athletes

German-Born Stefanie Curtis Prepares to Compete at Special Olympics USA Games

By RJ Nealon, April 17, 2026
A female Special Olympics athlete stands in front of a blue banner. She's wearing a pink shirt, holding up a number 1 finger and wearing a medal.
Stefanie Curtis had a different path to Special Olympics. Growing up in Berlin, Germany, there was no local programming for Special Olympics, so she found other ways to stay active as an adolescent.

Special Olympics Global Health Report: Focusing on the Invisible

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The Overlooked Needs of People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and Actions to Strengthen Health Systems for Inclusion

Shrey Kadian

Shrey Kadian, Special Olympics Global Athlete Leadership Council
Special Olympics Asia Pacific
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