In the News
In every corner of the earth, Special Olympics is changing the lives of people with intellectual disabilities. These news stories come from all around the world.
Youth leaders organise first Unified Lacrosse event in Estonia
Youth leaders have worked with Special Olympics Estonia and the Estonian Lacrosse Federation to organise the country's first Youth Unified Lacrosse event!
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Get Ready to Cheer on Athletes at the next World Games!
In celebration of International Arabic Language Day, we’d like to share a few words and phrases that may be helpful at the Special Olympics 2019 World Games in Abu Dhabi.
Special Olympics Joins Forces with the European Football Development Network
Promoting equal access to the football pitch for every player is at the heart of a new partnership between Special Olympics Europe Eurasia and the European Football Development Network.
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Actor John C. McGinley Headlines the Night of Trees Fundraising Gala
On Friday, November 30th Special Olympics D.C. hosted its 34th Night of Trees Fundraising Gala.
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Abu Dhabi World Games Sets Special Olympics Record with 192 Participating Nations
With the recent addition of 22 nations, the upcoming Abu Dhabi Special Olympics World Games will be hosting the largest amount of nations in history.
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IDPD: Help advance inclusion every day
On a cool midsummer evening, I sat to the right of my mom just behind the mosh pit at the Northerly Island pavilion in Chicago during the 50th Anniversary Concert for Special Olympics.
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Special Olympics Mourns President George HW Bush
President George H.W. Bush will be forever celebrated and memorialized by people with disabilities for his signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990.
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Kalin Bennett Becomes First Athlete with Autism Awarded a Division 1 Basketball Scholarship
The first student-athlete with autism recruited to play for a NCAA Division 1 basketball team.
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Special Olympics Joins The Beau Biden Foundation to Combat Abuse
Operation Safeguard, a new initiative to advance and strengthen the protection of people with intellectual disabilities from physical and sexual abuse.
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Cleveland Browns' Baker Mayfield Releases Clothing Line to Benefit Special Olympics
Through a partnership with Barstool Sports, Baker Mayfield will sell a collection of T-Shirts & sweatshirts—with 100 percent of the proceeds to be donated to the Special Olympics in the greater Cleveland area.
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Making Inclusive Health a Reality
Vice Admiral Jerome M. Adams, Surgeon General of the Unites States presented with Special Olympics at the American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting in San Diego!
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UAE Leaders Participate in Walk Unified
H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, led hundreds of people from across the UAE in a Walk Unified event.
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