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🎉 DAF Day is October 8 🎉 Join supporters across the country in using your donor-advised fund to create opportunities for Special Olympics athletes.
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Find Special Olympics Near Me
Find Special Olympics Near Me
We are helping to make the world a better, healthier and more joyful place—one athlete, one volunteer, one family member at a time.
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Special Olympics supports over 5 million athletes, unified partners, coaches and volunteers with over 30 Olympic-type sports.
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Local and international year-round sports training and athletic competitions.
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Improving the health and well-being of people with intellectual disabilities.
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Empowering Youth Leaders, educators, coaches, and families to build inclusive schools and communities for all.
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Unleashing leadership potential in people of all abilities.
The Revolution Is Inclusion
A peaceful campaign to end discrimination of people with intellectual disabilities.
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Learn more about the power Special Olympics has to make real change around the world.
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An athlete led podcast featuring athletes, partners, ambassadors, employees, and supporters of Special Olympics.
Novie Knows
Novie Knows, a subseries of Inclusion Revolution Radio, serves as an unscripted platform for host Novie Craven to provide her perspective, as a Special Olympics athlete, on the topics of her choosing.
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Special Olympics World Winter Games Switzerland 2029
From March 10 – 17 2029, athletes will unleash the human spirit through the transformative power and joy of sport in Switzerland.
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Competition schedule, athlete schedule, and results.
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Special Olympics World Games Santiago 2027
From October 16 – 24 2027, Santiago will welcome thousands of athletes, families, and fans from around the globe to celebrate unity, inclusion, and the power of sport.
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In the News
Vote Now! Two Special Olympics Health Videos Make Final Round of Sharecare Awards
Two Special Olympics Health videos have been selected as finalists for the 2022 Sharecare Awards
Press Releases
Special Olympics International and Allison+Partners Form a Global Partnership to Advance Inclusion Efforts
Global Employee Volunteer Engagement Program and Worldwide Communications Support will be the Foundation of the Partnership
Community Impact
Youth Leaders Answer the Call to Connect
Youth Leaders around the world share stories from our first-ever VIRTUAL Global Youth Leadership Summit.
Community Impact
Special Olympics Champion Ambassador Victoria Arlen Takes On Inclusion Revolution Radio
Host Novie Craven interviews Special Olympics Champion Ambassador, television host, motivational speaker and author, Victoria Arlen to the show.
Athletes
Stories from the Unified Cup 2022
Unified Storytellers are capturing the sights and sounds of the Cup, from fans in the stands, to those on the field.
Community Impact
Developing Changemakers for Inclusion: Special Olympics Thailand’s Story
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Brendan Scully
, August 09, 2022
Special Olympics Thailand partners with Youth Leaders from a local university to create learning tools for students with intellectual disabilities.
Press Releases
Succeeding On the Front Lines of Health Equity
Special Olympics Celebrates The 2022 Global Golisano Health Leadership Award Recipients • A clarion call for greater support from governments, philanthropies, and the private sector for people with intellectual disabilities who are being marginalized in society
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Coach Webinar Series 2022
The 2022 Coach Webinar Series is ready for action! Registration is now open to participate in the Coach Webinar Series, to hear from athletes, athlete leaders, and coaching experts from all over the world.
Athletes
Stingers Family Values: Sportsmanship Turns to Success
The Lasalle-Windsor Stingers dugout was filled with raucous energy as the lanky Matthew Cormier made his way to the batter’s box. His teammates cheered, clapped, and stomped to encourage Cormier as he prepared for his turn at bat. Chants of "let's go Matt!" filled the air. It had the atmosphere of a tightly contested game where everything was on the line.
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Special Olympics Collaborates with the White House in a New Push to Cut Hunger and Improve Diets
On September 28, the Biden-Harris Administration hosted the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, and released a National Strategy with actions the federal government will take to drive solutions to these challenges.
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