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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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The Revolution Is Inclusion
A peaceful campaign to end discrimination of people with intellectual disabilities.
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An athlete led podcast featuring athletes, partners, ambassadors, employees, and supporters of Special Olympics.
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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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Sports Essentials
Health and Fitness for Sports Coaches - Arabic
The final webinar of the 2022 Special Olympics Coach Webinar Series, presented by Gallagher is focused on Health and Fitness for Sports Coaches. Hosted by Special Olympics Malta Health Messenger, Gilmour Borg. Presenting on her recently conducted research, Monica Forquer discussed Integrating Health Through Sport with some practical tips and applications for coaches. Tom Norton, an amazingly experienced coach, discussed Fitness through Sports Performance and the importance of planning and integrating fitness and health pieces into training.
Sports Essentials
Health and Fitness for Sports Coaches - French
The final webinar of the 2022 Special Olympics Coach Webinar Series, presented by Gallagher is focused on Health and Fitness for Sports Coaches. Hosted by Special Olympics Malta Health Messenger, Gilmour Borg. Presenting on her recently conducted research, Monica Forquer discussed Integrating Health Through Sport with some practical tips and applications for coaches. Tom Norton, an amazingly experienced coach, discussed Fitness through Sports Performance and the importance of planning and integrating fitness and health pieces into training.
Sports Essentials
Health and Fitness for Sports Coaches - Spanish
The final webinar of the 2022 Special Olympics Coach Webinar Series, presented by Gallagher is focused on Health and Fitness for Sports Coaches. Hosted by Special Olympics Malta Health Messenger, Gilmour Borg. Presenting on her recently conducted research, Monica Forquer discussed Integrating Health Through Sport with some practical tips and applications for coaches. Tom Norton, an amazingly experienced coach, discussed Fitness through Sports Performance and the importance of planning and integrating fitness and health pieces into training.
Sports Essentials
Health and Fitness for Sports Coaches - Russian
The final webinar of the 2022 Special Olympics Coach Webinar Series, presented by Gallagher is focused on Health and Fitness for Sports Coaches. Hosted by Special Olympics Malta Health Messenger, Gilmour Borg. Presenting on her recently conducted research, Monica Forquer discussed Integrating Health Through Sport with some practical tips and applications for coaches. Tom Norton, an amazingly experienced coach, discussed Fitness through Sports Performance and the importance of planning and integrating fitness and health pieces into training.
Community Impact
Game Recognizes Game
At the Special Olympics Unified Football World Cup Paris 2026, Special Olympics coaches spent most of their time plotting against one another’s teams.
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Leading With Joy, Inspiring With Courage
For more than 27 years, Tham Kar Soon has been a cornerstone of Special Olympics Singapore (SOSG), where his passion for bocce has carried him from local practice courts to the global stage.
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WTA Foundation Holds Special Olympics Clinics Across the North American Tennis Swing
The past few weeks have been a busy and exciting time for the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Foundation and Special Olympics, with tennis clinics bringing athletes together with grand slam champions and top ten WTA players during the North American tennis swing.
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Understanding Athlete Support Needs and Advancing Disability Health Equity
A new study from Special Olympics was published in the American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities titled, Functional Limitations Reported Among U.S. Adults With Intellectual Disability Participating in Special Olympics: A Comparative Analysis to the General Population.
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Foundation for Lasting Inclusion
In Albania, the road to inclusion isn't always straightforward.
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Disability Scoop Highlights Special Olympics Research on AI Bias
Disability Scoop featured Special Olympics' recent research examining how artificial intelligence systems can perpetuate bias toward people with intellectual disabilities.
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