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David Egan
Athletes

How David Egan Found His Voice Through Sports

David Egan has always dreamed big. Learn how he is changing attitudes toward people with intellectual disabilities.
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Athletes

Twins Awed By Athletes at World Winter Games 2017

Duncan and Cedric followed their sister Victoria to World Games 2017, and they couldn't stop raving about the athletes.
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Breno: The Will to Win
Athletes

Breno: The Will to Win

Hist first goal was to play judo so he could be like his older brother. Soon Breno had a new goal—to be the best judo player he could.
Rosa Marcellino, 9, second from left, is shown with siblings Maddie, 13, Gigi, 11, and Nick, 15, during the Special Olympics state games, held in June. Rosa has Down syndrome and is the inspiration behind “Rosa’s Law” that removes the terms "mentally retarded" and “mental retardation" from federal education, health and labor laws.
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Rosa's Law Signed Into Law by President Obama

A journey that began as one Maryland family’s battle for respect and acceptance for their daughter and sister, Rosa, became a significant milestone in the ongoing battle for dignity, inclusion and respect of all people with intellectual disabilities when United States President Barack Obama signed bill S.2781 into federal law on October 5, 2010.
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