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NFL Player Harrison Phillips Surprises Special Olympics New York Athlete

NFL Player Harrison Phillips Surprises Special Olympics New York Athlete Jacob Babcock.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ Cameron Brate Surprises Special Olympics Athlete with a Special Gift

Cameron Brate, a tight end for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, has supported Special Olympics throughout his career.

Plan of Care

In this video, you will hear families share their experience receiving an intellectual or developmental disability diagnosis for their child, and how creating a plan of care and collaborating with their healthcare providers helped support their child's health and development.

Understanding Your Child's Diagnosis

In Understanding Your Child's Diagnosis, you will hear from Dr. Mercy Ng'eno, Sr. Clinical Program Manager, Pediatrics with Special Olympics, as she shares an overview of Global Developmental Delay and Intellectual Disability diagnoses and what this means for your child and family's journey.

Plan of Care

In this video, you will hear families share their experience receiving an intellectual or developmental disability diagnosis for their child, and how creating a plan of care and collaborating with their healthcare providers helped support their child's health and development.

Laura Tiri - SO Estonia

International Day of Dance 2023Why did you start dancing and how does it make you feel?"I started dancing five years ago. I always liked hip-hop dance style. I am the fan of the Move dance studio. When we had the opportunity to do it at school, I started doing it with pleasure. Also I started dancing outside of school."How do you like dancing with Special Olympics?"It unites people for great communication with each other. Each competition is not only a desire to perform better. It is a desire to see how others dance."

A Letter from President George W. Bush

I thank Eunice Shriver for her vision to start the Special Olympics and for her drive to ensure the success of the movement.

A Letter from Larry King

You've touched so many people in so many positive ways.

Kristie Patten

Counselor to the President and Professor of Occupational Therapy, New York University

Eman Gaad

Dean of Faculty of Education and Professor of Special and Inclusive Education, British University in Dubai