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Latin America

Una mañana unificada con alumnos de 4to año del Colegio Emil Friedman

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Caracas, febrero: El pasado sábado 15 de febrero en las canchas deportivas del Colegio Emil Friedman, los alumnos de 4to año, con apoyo del Comité de Activación de Jóvenes de Olimpiadas Especiales Venezuela (OEV), organizaron una actividad donde lograron relacionarse y compartir con atletas de OEV.
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Special Olympics International Announces Celebrity Ambassadors Lending Support to the Special Olympics Unified Cup Detroit 2022

Text reads: Unified Cup Ambassadors | Special Olympics Unified Cup Detroit 2022 Presented by Toyota. Text is accompanied by headshots of all ambassadors.
Event from July 31 – August 6 will showcase the world’s most inclusive sports competition
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Determination Drives Swimmer Aquiles Heredia

Aquilis Heredia giving a thumbs up. Spectators are in the background.
Aquiles Heredia is so determined to swim his best, he's improved his technique beyond what even his most supportive doctors had predicted.
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Act Now! Bullying Prevention Program

Act Now! Bullying Prevention Program
One in three students say they have been bullied at school. Students who experience bullying are at greater risk of issues in school, sleep difficulties, anxiety and depression.
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Students with an Intellectual Disability Share Their College Experience

Students with an Intellectual Disability Share Their College Experience
We asked students with intellectual disabilities, such as Down Syndrome, what some of their favorite things about UCF are and how they got in. It's pretty amazing when you hear their responses.
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Venezuela

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Special Olympics Venezuela is an active program that offers many activities, has outstanding athletes and continues to change lives through inclusion, acceptance and respect.

It’s at the local level—right here—where interested volunteers meet the athletes. That’s where the perceptions start to change and where the miracle of transformation takes place.

Special Olympics provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Those activities give them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship.

Download the Special Olympics Venezuela FactSheet (PDF)
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Nicaragua

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Special Olympics is a global organization that serves athletes with intellectual disabilities working with hundreds of thousands of volunteers and coaches each year. Since the establishment of Special Olympics in 1968, the number of people with and without intellectual disabilities who are involved with the organization has been growing, but the unmet need to reach more people with intellectual disabilities is staggering.

It’s at the local level—right here—where interested volunteers meet the athletes. That’s where the perceptions start to change and where the miracle of transformation takes place.

Special Olympics provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Those activities give them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship.

Download the Special Olympics Nicaragua FactSheet (PDF)
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