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Community Impact

Cool Schools Plunge Takes Over Sandy Point State Park in Record Numbers

By RJ Nealon, March 20, 2023
A group of students jump into the water for the Special Olympics Maryland Cool Schools Plunge.
There wasn’t a speck of sunlight in the sky as the frigid February wind whistled through the empty beach at Sandy Point State Park outside Annapolis, Maryland.
Community Impact

Serving Up Inclusion: Badminton for All in New Zealand

A group of more than 20 participants standing together, raising their badminton rackets, behind a banner with “Shuttle Time” Oceania.
One of badminton’s greatest features is that it truly is a sport for all. Partners in the sport of badminton recognized this important feature in New Zealand.
In the News

Athletes Compete in X-cellent Skiing and Snowboarding at the 2020 X Games

By Carolyn Phillips, January 24, 2020
22 people pose in a group photo on the slopes after competing. All of them are wearing brightly colored snow clothes, goggles, and helmets. One of them holds a snowboard.
On 23 January, 10 pairs of Special Olympics athletes and professional snowboarders returned for the sixth annual Unified Snowboarding Competition at the X Games in Aspen, Colorado. For the first time ever, six teams of two, including one Special Olympics athlete and one professional skier, competed in the first-ever Unified Skiing Competition at the X Games.
Press Releases

Special Olympics Launches Initiative Connecting Athletes to Research and Evaluation Opportunities

Special Olympics and SO-Link logo
[Minneapolis, Minnesota, 20 June 2026] Today, Special Olympics announced the launch of SO-Link—an initiative that connects Special Olympics athletes with opportunities to participate in Institutional Review Board (IRB) approved research and evaluation projects relevant to their health.
Athletes

Be Brave

By Stephanie Handojo, March 21, 2021
Stephanie Handojo swimming in a pool.
Stephanie Handojo discusses pushing past hurdles in life.
Community Impact

Two Members of National Work Team Share Bond Forged Through Special Olympics

By RJ Nealon, January 10, 2022
Four people appear on a Zoom screen.
Special Olympics brings people together, even when they least expect it. For Mercy Ogutu and Britney Bautista, who live across the country from each other, Special Olympics is exactly how their connection began .
In the News

Special Olympics Presents on Ongoing Health Equity Projects at the 2024 American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting ‘Key Session’

A group of men and women in business casual clothing stand in a conference room in front of a backdrop reading ‘APHA’ and a Special Olympics branded presentation screen with the title ‘In Pursuit of Intellectual and Developmental Disability (IDD)-Inclusive Health Systems: Special Olympics International as a Champion of Health Equity.’ Presenter Annu stands in the middle of the group in a red Special Olympics pullover with a medal around his neck.
Special Olympics Presents on Ongoing Health Equity Projects at the 2024 American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting ‘Key Session’
In the News

Special Olympics and Aruna Abhey Oswal Trust Join Forces to Advance Inclusion Through Partnership Renewal

Woman giving speech on a stage
Inclusive sports and health initiatives to be funded across the Caribbean and Europe
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