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Athletes

Special Olympics Senegal Training Camp

athletes standing on the street in a group in Senegal.
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.
Videos

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

Sam Perkins being interviewed, he's holding a microphone and speaking to the camera.
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!
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Team AZ Unified Soccer - ESPN Nationals Coverage

Team mantes all in preparing for a play. Athletes on a field with their coach.
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.
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Special Olympics YA Lets Play Together

Young athlete in the pool with a colorful swim cap and swim suite on.
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.
50 Game Changers

Kester Edwards

Kester Edwards on the beach speaking in interview wearing a red Special Olympics t-shirt.
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.
Our Words

Carl Lewis and Friends Take the Pledge

Carl Lewis and Friends Take the Pledge
Carl Lewis, Alonzo Mourning, Evander Holyfield and Stormy Henley have taken the pledge to end the R-word. Have you?
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Mahomet Junior High Bulldog Buddies Stop the R-Word

Mahomet Junior High Bulldog Buddies Stop the R-Word
This was the 2011 commercial done by the Mahomet Jr. Bulldog buddies for the Spread the Word to End the Word campaign.
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