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Promoting a Healthy Lifestyle with Special Olympics Slovenia

Special Olympics Slovenia is currently in its second year of a three-year Healthy Communities Project, within which one of the main focuses is healthy lifestyle promotion.
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Special Olympics YA Lets Play Together

Special Olympics Young Athletes program is an inclusive and welcoming learning environment for children with and without intellectual disabilities from ages 2 to 7 years old.

Special Olympics Athlete Out to Shatter Stereotypes

Mariam Adel Azzab, the 32-year-old was born in a challenging time for a child with Down Syndrome, it was a time of exclusion, judgment and negative perceptions.
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Young Athletes: Inviting Youth of all Abilities to Play Together

Special Olympics Young Athletes program is an inclusive and welcoming learning environment for children with and without intellectual disabilities from ages 2 to 7 years old.
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17-year-old Bocce athlete from Saudi Arabia Gets Ready For Special Olympics World Games 2019

17-year-old Sara Feldman is one of fourteen female athletes from Saudi Arabia that will be competing in the upcoming Abu Dhabi Special Olympics World Games 2019.
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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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Meet the Determined: #MeetHamad

#MeetHamad: Hamad’s story is about the power of determination and true sportsmanship.
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Remarkable Drive

In Chicago, one of my responsibilities was to interview athletes, families, and volunteers. As a result, I had the great opportunity to write athlete stories of determination, loyalty, and bravery.
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Bright Vision of Inclusion Wins National Contest

What does inclusion mean to you?
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Daina Shilts Featured in Strive Magazine

Daina Shilts can and has become a symbol of leadership in the Inclusion Revolution.
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