Stavros Niarchos Foundation

A Special Olympics Unified School is built on the simple concept that playing together is a quick path to understanding and friendship.

Special Olympics Morocco participates in the Marrakech Marathon.

Minister of Education Miodrag Vojinovic and Special Olympics Europe Eurasia President David Evangelista gather for historic signing ceremony in Podgorica

14 June 2023 Special Olympics Europe Eurasia (SOEE), a regional office of Special Olympics, Inc. (SOI) has partnered with Story10, the global sports video production and distribution agency, to increase the international exposure and awareness of the Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023 (World Games) through its global distribution network.

Two storybooks feature 16 stories of people with and without intellectual disabilities around the world, documenting inclusion in sports and education.

A high-school student at a Unified School in Senegal shares the impact Special Olympics programming has made on her cousin with Down syndrome.

A youth leader in Lebanon shares how a lifelong involvement with Special Olympics shaped her life and why she wants youth of all abilities to participate in inclusive activities.

A Unified School in Mongolia brings together students with and without intellectual disabilities to work on their communication skills.

A principal in Jamaica shares his plan to make schools more inclusive to students of all abilities.

Today Special Olympics releases research showing how their Unified Schools model removes one of the greatest barriers—negative attitudes and behaviors—for students with intellectual disability (ID) and improves the education of all students.