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Special Olympics Continues to Deliver Sports, Health and More

Special Olympics Chief Health Officer Dr. Alicia Bazzano and Chief of Sport and Competition Lou Lauria were guests on Sports Byline USA’s internet radio show “Titillating Sports,” hosted by Rick Tittle.
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5 Benefits of Inclusive Education

How Students With and Without Intellectual Disabilities Can Thrive in a Socially Inclusive Learning Environment
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National Teacher Appreciation Week

Whether from school or from home, the teachers of Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools® ensure that meaningful opportunities are present for students of all abilities in and out of the classroom.
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Teacher Appreciation Day

Whether from school or from home, the teachers of Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools® ensure that meaningful opportunities are present for students of all abilities in and out of the classroom.

Celebrating Inclusive Schools with Hasbro and Special Olympics

Hasbro and Special Olympics Partner for Unified Schools Programming
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Defending Evidence-Based Social and Emotional Learning

Timothy Shriver and Roger P. Weissberg defend Social and Emotional Learning in an article published by the education journal Phi Delta Kappan.
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Tanner’s Moment

When Tanner first joined Special Olympics Unified Sports® at Fife High School, his perceptions of what it would be were wrong. But so were Fife’s perceptions of Tanner.
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We Matter, Too

As a unified generation, let us stand together and declare that all people matter.
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Texas A&M University to Open 4-year Residential College Program for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Texas A&M University will open Aggie ACHIEVE program this fall where young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Aggie ACHIEVE is an inclusive, certificate-based, four-year education program.
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