Unified Schools
A program designed to promote social inclusion and social-emotional learning through inclusive sport.
Special Olympics Puerto Rico Athlete with Down Syndrome Competes in Half IRONMAN
Special Olympics Puerto Rico athlete David “El Delfin Boricua” Torres Rivera became the first person with Down syndrome to participate in the IRONMAN 70.3 Puerto Rico.
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Changing Mindsets in Jamaica: Cecil's Journey
A principal in Jamaica shares his plan to make schools more inclusive to students of all abilities.
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Special Olympics Announces Three-Year Bank of America Grant to Advance Inclusion Efforts Across Underserved Communities
New $5 million grant underscores Bank of America’s longstanding support of leadership programming
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Teams from Twenty-five Countries Selected to Compete in Special Olympics Unified Cup Detroit 2022
Second-ever international inclusive football (soccer) tournament presented by Toyota will showcase the unifying power of sport.
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Special Olympics’ Unified Schools Model—the Key to Transformational Inclusion in Schools
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.
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SHAPE America and Special Olympics Partner to Impact School Communities Through Unified Physical Education
For more than 50 years, SHAPE America—Society of Health and Physical Educators and Special Olympics have joined forces to provide inclusive physical education (PE) programs nationwide.
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Empowering Youth to Bridge the Divide
As part of a historic initiative to advance inclusive development worldwide for the youth of all abilities, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) has provided the Special Olympics movement with a new grant of $8,500,000 USD to launch a Global Campaign for Inclusion in support of individuals with intellectual disabilities.
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Special Olympics and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Announce Global Campaign for Inclusion
A Continuing Partnership to Further Work for Inclusion in Education Around the World.
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Now Announcing the 5 Hasbro-Supported Special Olympics National Banner Unified Champion Schools of 2021 – 2022
During the 2021-2022 school year, Hasbro and Unified Champion Schools will support 5 national celebrations to honor schools for their achievement in banner recognition.
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Detroit 2022 Unified Cup Announcement
Detroit announced as the host city for the 2022 Special Olympics Unified Cup.
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