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Athletes Count Down to the Special Olympics World Tennis Invitation

Special Olympics Dominican Republic tennis players prepare for the World Tennis Invitational as their country prepares to host more than 250 athletes from 30 nations.

Parents with a Megaphone

The Inclusion Revolution takes all of us, and sometimes it’s parents who are leading the charge.

Special Olympics Senegal Training Camp

Watch as this year’s Special Olympics Senegal athletes prepare for the World Games 2019 Abu Dhabi at training camp, held from 31 August – 2 September 2018 in Mbour.

NBA legend, Sam Perkins, has a message for #EBW2018!

NBA legend, Sam Perkins, flew into Europe to celebrate European Basketball Week 2018 with Special Olympics athletes in Estonia and he had a very clear message: go out and have fun!

Team AZ Unified Soccer - ESPN Nationals Coverage

ESPN coverage of the Special Olympics USA National Games 2018 in Seattle, WA; Raymond S Kellis High School's Unified Soccer Team represented the state of Arizona.

Special Olympics YA Lets Play Together

Special Olympics Young Athletes program is an inclusive and welcoming learning environment for children with and without intellectual disabilities from ages 2 to 7 years old.

Kester Edwards

At the age of seven, Kester Edwards was run over by a bicycle that put him in a coma for weeks and changed his life forever. For years Kester was taunted and bullied for having an intellectual disability, but he found joy and purpose through sports with Special Olympics Trinidad and Tobago.

Spreading the Word Music Video

"The R-word, "retard," is slang for the term mental retardation. Mental retardation was what doctors, psychologists, and other professionals used to describe people with significant intellectual impairment. Today the r-word has become a common word used by society as an insult for someone or something stupid. For example, you might hear someone say, "That is so retarded" or "Don't be such a retard." When used in this way, the r-word can apply to anyone or anything, and is not specific to someone with a disability. But, even when the r-word is not said to harm someone with a disability, it is hurtful.The term "Intellectual Disability" is a legal replacement for the term "Mental Retardation" thanks to Rosa's Law signed October 5, 2010.