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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.

Agents of Inclusion: Episode Seven

Unified Sports athletes Emerson & Julian explain how the Unified Sports program sparked their friendship and what it means to them to continue to grow that program.

Sarah Jane Borchert | accesiBe & Special Olympics

In our second episode, we spoke with Sarah Jane Borchert, translation manager for Easy Language at the Special Olympics World Games.

Olimpiadas Especiales y Todos Somos Iguales por Erika Ender

Únete a la cantautora y Embajadora Global de Special Olympics Erika Ender para celebrar a los atletas, entrenadores, oficiales, personal, familiares y fans de 190 países que participan en los Juegos Mundiales de Olimpiadas Especiales, Berlín 2023.

Special Olympics and Everyone Matters by Ericka Ender

Join singer/songwriter and Special Olympics Global Ambassador Erika Ender in celebrating the athletes, coaches, officials, staff, family and supporters from 190 nations who take part in the Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023. Read the full article

Next Steps

In this video, you will hear families share how communicating with their child's health care providers, joining parent support groups and becoming involved with Special Olympics helped support the wellbeing of their entire family.

Plan of Care

In this video, you will hear families share their experience receiving an intellectual or developmental disability diagnosis for their child, and how creating a plan of care and collaborating with their healthcare providers helped support their child's health and development.

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.

Agents of Inclusion: Episode Six

Laura Stremble focusew on World Down Syndrome Day and explains how she got involved with Special Olympics, her close relationship with her mom / coach, her side hustle, and her upcoming trip to World Games Berlin.

Inclusion Revolution Radio: Allison+Partners

Global Partners from Allison+Partners, Dr. Jorge Alcaraz and Chris Morrison for Integrated Marketing to discuss what inclusion looks like on social media, how businesses can have more inclusive marketing, and what inclusion means to them.

Franciska Eberenz | accessiBe & Special Olympics

Franziska Eberenz is on the latest Spotlight Session with AccessiBe to share how the Host Town program of the Special Olympics World Games Berlin is uniting the entire country of Germany.