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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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Europe Eurasia Stories
“Our Experience and Niall’s Endeavours Have Given So Many Families Hope”
To mark Special Olympics European Week of Families, Michelle Guite reflects on the transformative journey that her family has been on since encountering Special Olympics.
Europe Eurasia Stories
Special Olympics Romania Athlete Anca Miron Launches Her Very Own Children’s Book
Anca Miron launched the children’s book ‘Anca’s Snowshoeing Adventure’—which was inspired by the story of her journey to the Special Olympics World Winter Games Turin 2025—at a book signing event in Seneca Anticafe in Bucharest on Thursday, May 14, 2026. Anca’s book is one of four in a series focused on Special Olympics athletes.
Europe Eurasia Stories
Inaugural Special Olympics European Week of Families Launches
From 11 to 15 May 2026, we celebrate the inaugural Special Olympics European Week of Families, and all of the parents, caregivers, siblings and many other family members who help to drive our athletes—and our movement—forward every day of the year!
Shahd Almowafy
Hear from Shahd Almowafy, a Special Olympics sibling, as she reflects on family, inclusion, and the impact of Special Olympics
Anca Oprea
Hear from Anca Oprea, a Special Olympics sibling, as she reflects on family, inclusion, and the impact of Special Olympics
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Special Olympics International Opens Dialogue Process for 2031 World Games Bids
Special Olympics International (SOI) has officially opened the dialogue process for potential host cities and partners interested in bidding for the 2031 Special Olympics World Games—one of the most unique, inspiring, and socially impactful sporting events on the planet.
Vimbai Yolanda Njovo
Hear from Vimbai Yolanda Njovo, a Special Olympics sibling, as she reflects on family, inclusion, and the impact of Special Olympics
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Side by Side: A Sibling Round Table
Across the Special Olympics movement, siblings have always played an important role as supporters, advocates, teammates, and leaders.
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Kilifi’s Quiet Shift
On the red-dirt fields scattered across this coastal region, a quiet but profound shift is underway.
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Raised in Love, Seen by the World
When Purity was born with Down syndrome, her mother, Anne Limo, remembers feeling crushed by fear and uncertainty.
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