Empowering Athletes through Sport Confidence, skill and determination are common benefits of involvement with sports. Sometimes, athletes can even get a little boastful – like former Special Olympics athlete: “You might be able to out-read me, but I can out-run you!” For people with intellectual disabilities, Special Olympics is often…

Changing Attitudes Special Olympics is humanity’s greatest classroom, where lessons of ability, acceptance and inclusion are taught on the fields of competition by our greatest teachers – the athletes.   Opening Windows of Understanding When people see the seriousness and sense of purpose evident in each Special Olympics athletic event,…

We are all in favor of eliminating unnecessary suffering. Poverty and famine have received billions in aid over the years. What if you could help 200 million people worldwide who suffer needlessly from chronic pain and disease, blindness and hearing loss, shortened life span, depression and suicide? A World of…

Steps in the Right Direction From All Walks of Life Coaches, trainers and volunteers step forward to help the athletes. Family members join the Family Support Network and organize to address community needs and concerns. Spectators at events join Unified Sports® teams, where athletes with and without intellectual disabilities compete…

 What YOU Can Do Give now and help Special Olympics transform the lives of people with intellectual disabilities. Get involved with a Special Olympics Program near you. Take the R-word pledge to stop the insulting use of the word “retard.” Take it to the playing field; join a Unified Sports…

بزودی مطالب فارسی این بخش فعال خواهد شد By involving such a diverse range of individuals and groups, Special Olympics paves the way for other community-based development — education, health, hunger, nutrition and more. Special Olympics Programs are a catalytic force for communities, promoting volunteerism, civic engagement and inclusion of…

بزودی مطالب فارسی این بخش فعال خواهد شد War, ethnic conflicts and threats of terror are constants in the 21st century. Yet every day, around the world, Special Olympics proves that people of all backgrounds, cultures, races and ages can work together peaceably to celebrate what we have in common…