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Inclusive Health

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Press Releases

Special Olympics and the Golisano Foundation Announce 2025 Global Golisano Health Leadership Award Honorees

[Rochester, NY – 3 October 2025] Last night, Special Olympics and the Golisano Foundation proudly announced the seven recipients of the 2025 Global Golisano Health Leadership Awards, the highest honor given from Special Olympics Health.
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Community Impact

Lighting the Way Series, Part 2: Parent Perspective

Family engagement is more than attending events—it’s about taking an active role in helping the development of Special Olympics athletes and Programs.
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Community Impact

Special Olympics and Optometry Giving Sight - A Partnership for Sight and Inclusion

From Kenya to the USA to Ghana, a global effort is reshaping vision care for people with intellectual disabilities.
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Athletes

Advocates in Action: Special Olympics Health Messenger Trainings

This summer, Special Olympics International and Special Olympics North America teamed up to host two Health Messenger training sessions in Washington, D.C. and Kansas City, KS, training 26 athletes from 10 states.
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Community Impact

Special Olympics Showcases Inclusion and Innovation at AAIDD 2025

Members of the Special Olympics International Health and Unified Champion Schools (UCS) teams attended and presented at the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) Conference from 23 – 25 June 2025.
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Community Impact

Inclusion as the Solution: Research Takes Center Stage at ISAPA 2025

Special Olympics spent last week working on the progression of research and evaluation for people with disabilities as it penned a Memorandum of Understanding with the International Federation of Adapted Physical Activity.
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Community Impact

Special Olympics Morocco Launches a National Coalition

Special Olympics Morocco launches a national coalition dedicated to championing equal, inclusive, and dignified healthcare for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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In the News

Special Olympics Health Messenger David Duncan Gives Opening Remarks at the Launch of the WHO’s Global Initiative on Health Equity for Persons with Disabilities at the United Nations

Today, Special Olympics is looking back at all the fathers, father-figures, and grandfathers who, through the power of sport, have helped raise, support, coach, and love Special Olympics athletes around the world.
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Athletes

A Full Court of Smiles, Special Olympics Iraq Learns the Importance of Oral Health at Special Olympics Healthy Athletes®

For the Special Olympics Iraq floorball team, success isn’t just measured by earning medals, it’s also about taking every opportunity to improve their health.
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Community Impact

Celebrating the Power of Play on International Day of Play

This International Day of Play, Special Olympics is celebrating the joyful, inclusive, and powerful impact of play in the lives of children with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).
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