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Burkina Faso

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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.
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Mauritius

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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.
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Namibia

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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

A Vision for a More Inclusive World

Athlete Leader for Special Olympics posing for a photo.
Once denied the chance to grow academically and personally, Alvaro found in Special Olympics a door that had long been closed to him.
Healthy Start

Reaching the Diagnosis

Snowboarder in a red ski jacket and gray ski pants performing moves in the snow.
Children are diagnosed with ID/DD through medical, psychological, and educational evaluations. These evaluations are usually performed by a team of providers from different disciplines.
Community Impact

Ending Health Disparities for People with Intellectual Disabilities

Ending Health Disparities for People with Intellectual Disabilities
Ahead of the International Day of People with Disabilities, Special Olympics—with support from Golisano Foundation—convened global experts to discuss the policies, practices and programming that are urgently needed to eradicate the gross health disparities that exist for people with intellectual disabilities.
In the News

Interview Series on Digitizing the Movement

Still image of a three-way split screen of Bill Barney interviewing Tim Shriver and Prianka Nandy in a YouTube player frame.
Timothy Shriver and Prianka Nandi discuss digitizing the Special Olympics movement with Bill Barney.
Sport Partnerships

Professional Tennis Registry

PTR has always been about breaking barriers and globally growing the game of tennis. PTR was founded in 1976 when world-renowned coach Dennis Van der Meer saw that the sport was being held back by a lack of connection, a need for a universal teaching language, and a clear coaching progression.

Claudia Echeverry

Claudia Echeverry, Special Olympics Regional President and Managing Director, Latin America
Regional President & Managing Director, Latin America

Ian McFarlane

Ian McFarlane
Director, Division of Communications and Strategic Partnerships, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
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