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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.

Immersive Video Experience Comes To World Games

Leading up to the games, the three-part docuseries will be released on Youtube and Facebook in February (release dates are 14 Feb, 28 Feb & 7 March).

Bree Bogucki

For Bree Bogucki, growing up was anything but easy. She grew up isolated, locking herself in her room. At nine-years-old, Bree was introduced to sports and her life was changed forever.

Rabah: "Every Day Is a Feast"

Rabah Kino of Lebanon is a multisport Special Olympics athlete who shatters expectations about people with intellectual disabilities, every single day.

Unified Sports

Unified Sports was inspired by a simple principle: training together and playing together is a quick path to friendship and understanding for athletes with and without intellectual disabilities.

Meet the Determined: #MeetAhmed

Watch the inspirational story of Ahmed and his sisters, who are giving back to society by joining thousands of volunteers in supporting the Special Olympics World Games Abu Dhabi 2019.

Kester Edwards

At the age of seven, Kester Edwards was run over by a bicycle that put him in a coma for weeks and changed his life forever. For years Kester was taunted and bullied for having an intellectual disability, but he found joy and purpose through sports with Special Olympics Trinidad and Tobago.

Loretta Claiborne

Loretta Claiborne went from being non-verbal to becoming the voice of the Special Olympics movement.

A Very Special Christmas Rocks On!

The holiday album series A Very Special Christmas is the most successful benefit recording in music history! Learn more about its impact here.

Living Unified

Kellis High School is one of many Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools that are transforming the lives of students with and without intellectual disabilities through whole school inclusive programming.