Videos
Special Olympics has competitions, programs and initiatives all around the world, every day of the year. Here's a look at what it's all about.
Understanding Your Child's Diagnosis
In Understanding Your Child's Diagnosis, you will hear from Dr. Mercy Ng'eno, Sr. Clinical Program Manager, Pediatrics with Special Olympics, as she shares an overview of Global Developmental Delay and Intellectual Disability diagnoses and what this means for your child and family's journey.
Welcome to Healthy Start
Healthy Start is a comprehensive guide for parents and caregivers to support the health and development of their children with intellectual disabilities and developmental delays. This video provides an overview of Healthy Start and the specific types of resources and information you can expect to find within the toolkit.
2023 Special Olympics Holiday Card
As the holiday season approaches, Special Olympics sends our warmest wishes to all our incredible athletes and supporters around the world. May this time bring you peace, joy, unity, and inclusion. Let's spread love and kindness together. Happy holidays! ❤️ #ChooseToInclude
Inclusion Through Sport For Children With Developmental Disabilities
Funded by the EEA and Norway Grants Fund for Regional Cooperation, the Inclusion through Sport for Children with Developmental Disabilities project aims to help children with intellectual disabilities, their parents, teachers and carers to better integrate into society. Over the last three years, more than 5,000 children with intellectual disabilities have seen an improvement in their overall happiness, motor and social skills.
Special Olympics Calls for Health Systems That Leave No One Behind
At Special Olympics, we are actively striving to make a positive impact in the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities worldwide through global platforms like the World Health Summit 2023. Learn more about our movement and our impact through this video developed with support from "Lever for Change".
Coca Cola Celebrates Danish Swimmer in New Video
The Special Olympics founding global partner highlighted the journey of Eva, in a moving video.
Getting to Know Lily Mills
Three-time Special Olympics (SO) World Games gold medalist, Lily Mills, has been selected as a wildcard for the Australian Open Persons with Intellectual Impairment Championships. The competition, taking place from 26 – 28 January at Melbourne Park, will see Lily as one of the eight athletes competing in the women’s 2024 PWII Championships in Australia in 2024.Read the full article
#6: Social inclusion and health of people with ID in the context of Special Olympics
Speakers: Dr Piritta Asunta; Dr Kwok NgInstitutions: Jamk University of Applied Sciences, Jyväskylä, Finland; University of Turku, Finland; University of Limerick, Ireland & University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland
#5: Evaluation of the Special Olympics Ireland Young Athletes Programme
Speaker: Hayley Kavanagh, PhDInstitution: Dublin City University, Ireland
#4: Encouraging the Social Inclusion of Youth with Intellectual Disabilities through Sports
Lecturers: Mphil Melika Ahmetovic; André Gomes, PhD; Prof Dr Reinhard Markowetz Insitution: Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
#3: The legacies of hosting major sport events and social entrepreneurship
Lecturers: Prof David Legg, PhD; Team ELDA; Dr. Daniela Schwarz; M.Sc. Elke Langbein Institution: Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
#2: Using Science to Build an Evidence-Based PATH to Special Olympics Health Programming
Lecturers: Andrew Lincoln, ScD, MS; Ashlyn Smith, PhD; Alicia Dixon-Ibarra, PhD, MPH; John Hanley, PhD; Justin Hunsinger Institutions: Mount Royal University, Canada; Technical University (TU) of Munich