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Aquiles Heredia

Aquiles Heredia
Aquiles' talent and dedication inspire his team...to achieve the 'impossible!' He is an accomplished athlete, who has been training hard for his second Special Olympics World Games competition.
Videos

𝙉𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙚 𝙆𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙨 - Episode Eight: Aim for Love Part Two

𝙉𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙚 𝙆𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙨 - Episode Eight: Aim for Love Part Two
Love Is Blind’s Taylor Krause joins Novie at Busboys and Poets to share how a reality TV experiment turned into a real-life love story. Plus, her best dating advice, why making the first move matters and what it’s really like to say “yes” sight unseen.Download the Transcript

Adéla Šavlová

Adéla Šavlová, Special Olympics Czech Republic athlete
Special Olympics Czech Republic
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Henry Schein Cares Foundation Launches Next Phase of the ‘Wearing Is Caring’ Campaign and Announces New Support for Special Olympics

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Public Health Awareness Campaign to Promote the Connection Between Oral Health and Total Health, and Encourage the Use of Face Coverings to Help Reduce the Spread of COVID-19
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West Virginia

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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.

Download the Special Olympics West Virginia Fact Sheet
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Inclusive Gyms

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The gym should be a place for people of all abilities to get fit and stay healthy. For people with intellectual disabilities this experience can often be challenging. How can gym owners and trainers create a space where everyone feels comfortable and included?

We explored this question with the trainers at an Anytime Fitness gym in Maryland. See what they learned, and email us your ideas on how gyms can be more inclusive of people with intellectual disabilities.
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X Games and Special Olympics Athletes Announced for 6th Unified Snowboarding Event and First-Ever Unified Skiing Event

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Sixteen Special Olympics Athletes Paired with Teammates for Live Streamed Unified Races at X Games Aspen 2020.
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Spread The Word: Derogatory Language

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On this rebroadcast episode of the Special Chronicles Podcast: Daniel Smrokowski sits down with Soeren Palumbo, co-founder of Spread The Word, to talk about the Spread the Word Day of Activation this week on March 5th.
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St. Maarten Special Olympics Swimmers Learn the Importance of Fit Feet

Man, Roger Jeffers, sitting in a chair and receiving a foot exam by two Healthy Athlete volunteers.
Swimmers don’t always think about their feet, except when they are concentrating on kicking and propelling themselves through the pool or an open water swim.
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