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Special Olympics’ CIO Loretta Claiborne featured by ESPN for Black History Month

Special Olympics’ CIO Loretta Claiborne featured by ESPN for Black History Month
During Black History Month, ESPN featured Special Olympics’ Chief Inspiration Officer Loretta Claiborne as a way to highlight her life achievements and her journey with Special Olympics while she continues to be a fearless leader for the Special Olympics Movement.
European Basketball Week

Faces of Basketball - Passing (Level 2)

Faces of Basketball - Passing (Level 2)
Join the Special Olympics Athletes and Hone Your Basketball Skills with the Locker Room Videos! Passing Level 2: Chest and Bond Pass and Lay Ups
European Basketball Week

Faces of Basketball - Dribbling (Level 2)

Faces of Basketball - Dribbling (Level 2)
Join the Special Olympics Athletes and Hone Your Basketball Skills with the Locker Room Videos! Dribbling Level 2: Ball Handling Drills w Both Hands

Faces of Inclusion: Becoming Yilu

Faces of Inclusion: Becoming Yilu
Follow the inspiring journey of Zhao Yilu, a Special Olympics East Asia athlete. Diagnosed with autism at a young age, Yilu once struggled to speak, play, or connect with others. But with the support of her family, teachers, and the power of sport, she found her voice.
European Union Funded Projects

Unified Volleyball Spikes

The Environmental Sustainability Impact project breaks new ground as it focuses on how to make Special Olympics events and operations more environmentally sustainable. Funded through Erasmus, the project will last for 24 months in total, finishing on the 30th November 2024. The partners in this project will be SO Europe Eurasia Foundation, Special Olympics Italy and Special Olympics Belgium.
Sport and Competition

World Games Shanghai 2007

Fireworks going off at night at the Los Angeles World Games.
Shanghai, China • 2nd – 11th October 2007
Athletes

Bradley Stuart: “If I Didn’t go to the World Games, I Don’t Think I’d Have a Job”

young man on the pitch being interviewed
As we celebrate the one-year anniversary of the Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023, Bradley Stuart, a football player with Special Olympics Great Britain, reflects on the profound effect that the experience has had on his life.
Videos

Announcement: The Global Expansion of Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools®

Announcement: The Global Expansion of Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools®
On Monday, 21 July 2020, Special Olympics, Special Olympics announced the next phase of global expansion of Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools® (UCS)—one of the largest initiatives for inclusion in education for young people with and without intellectual disabilities—through the support of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces.

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This video platform, much like the Special Olympics movement, is "Always On." Every day, every hour, there is a Special Olympics event taking place somewhere around the globe, impacting the lives of millions of individuals with intellectual disabilities both on and off the playing field. With 149 events happening daily (that's a staggering 53,779 events annually), there is always a story to be told about the movement.

Watch our videos and be inspired by the incredible stories of determination and inclusion.

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