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Virginia

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Little by little, the world changes. For Special Olympics Virginia, sport is the way we work that change, but the real power lies within the Special Olympics experience and all the people it touches.

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 Virginia 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.

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Davaa's Extraordinary Journey from Mongolia to America

Davaa's Extraordinary Journey from Mongolia to America
Running hard, and alone, in remote landscapes helped her realize a dream. Watch the journey that took her to the 2015 summer games.
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Julian Hall Truly Knows What It Means to "Never Give Up"

Julian Hall Truly Knows What It Means to "Never Give Up"
He had two moments in his life that could have been big setbacks. Instead, he rose to the challenge twice—watch his inspirational tale.
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Watch the Moving 2015 Summer Games Video, "7,000 Journeys"

Watch the Moving 2015 Summer Games Video, "7,000 Journeys"
These are the stories of just a few of the nearly 7,000 athletes intellectual disabilities who competed in the 2015 World Summer Games.
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Come Out and Play Unified

Come Out and Play Unified
Watch as Olympians like Michelle Kwan talk about playing on teams that unite athletes with and without intellectual disabilities.
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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 Hungary Fact Sheet.
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Special Olympics European Unified Youth Basketball Tournament

Special Olympics athletes participate in the 2020 NBA Cares Special Olympics Unified Basketball Game
The first ever European Unified Youth Basketball Tournament will take place in Sansepolcro, Italy in October 2022.
Athletes

There’s Always Something to be Happy About

Special Olympics Maryland athlete Ben Collins smiles for photo beside Special Olympics chairman Tim Shriver who is wearing a cheese hat.
Special Olympics Specialist in Brand, Communications, and Content and Special Olympics Maryland athlete Ben Collins shared his thoughts about International Day of Happiness.
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Abel Chanda Is an Example to Us All

By Samantha Miyanda, August 30, 2017
Even though he is paralyzed from the waste down, he doesn't let that stop him. Learn what he did to wow his fellow students.
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