Through the power of our athletes and our sports, Special Olympics is ushering in a new world of unity, tolerance, and respect. #ChooseToInclude
For 50 years, Special Olympics has been building a movement to break down barriers – both on and off the field in health and education – all through the power of sport. As we celebrate our 50th Anniversary, we launch a 5-year campaign to inspire action and ultimately end discrimination for people with Intellectual Disabilities. The Revolution Is Inclusion.
Special Olympics: 50 Game Changers
ESPN and Special Olympics have teamed up on a year-long storytelling initiative telling the stories of game changes and game changing moments toward inclusion. Check back each week for a new story of inclusion.
As we move forward, we need to know you’re with us. Be a revolutionary and help end discrimination against people with Intellectual Disabilities.
INCLUSION IN ACTION
Revolutions are made up of real people. Learn how these people have made inclusion more than just a word, but a rule they their lives by.
Improving school culture with the power of inclusion.
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Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools looks to create more socially inclusive school environments around the country.
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Children and adults with intellectual disabilities inspire us every day at events around the world. But what are intellectual disabilities?
INCLUSION AROUND THE WORLD
From kids to communities, see inspirational examples of how inclusion is taking root, and leading to real change, both at home and around the world.
FromWashington Post
The question isn’t whether we are a nation divided by anger and fear. The question is what we’re going to do about it.
Sydnye White
FromYouth Ki Awaaz
The Special Olympics program in Anantapur (Andhra Pradesh) has been run by the Rural Development Trust (RDT) since 2006.
Kabeer Arjun
What if I told you there was a place showcasing humanity’s best? There is such a place and that place is The Special Olympics.
Mike Groseclose
FromBusiness Insider
Justin Gallegos has cerebral palsy — a condition that affects body movement and muscle coordination — but that hasn't stopped the University of Oregon junior from pursuing his dream of breaking the two-hour barrier in a half marathon.
Mingwei Hsu
FromYouTube
A senior project video by Rachel Boisvere that aims to help society understand that disabilities do not make people any different than everybody else.
Caitlin Nason
FromMedium.com
By lighting up RED for inclusion we are helping to bring urgency and awareness to the plight of people with Intellectual Disabilities around the world.
Nomthandazo Dladla
FromAl-Ahram Weekly
Special Olympics will make the UAE’s two most famous cities even better known, reports Abeer Anwar
Noha Gaballah
FromBaltimore Sun
Merle Caples has followed the Orioles for nearly 60 years—first with her eyes, and now with her ears.
Parker Ramsdale
Without Special Olympics I would not have met Georgia, Jim, Bree, Erin and Matthew from Illinois.
Shared by Daniel Smrokowski
FromIndia Today
Simon Koh of Special Olympics, the sports organisation that provides training to individuals with intellectual disabilities, stresses on the need for special children to come out and have their own group.
Shared by Carolyn Phillips
FromCNN
Major League Soccer and Special Olympics team up for unified soccer prior to the MLS All-Star game in Atlanta.
Shared by Crystal Hudson
FromUpworthy
As these athletes pour their hearts out on the field and represent their countries, millions of people will cheer them on and put race aside and simply worry about goals scored.
Shared by Justin Shim
FromBBC
Fifty delegates attended the inaugural ‘People with Disabilities in Tech’ event at the BBC at MediaCityUK earlier this month.
Shared by Parker Ramsdell
FromHuffPost
For the first time the organization’s 108-year-history, the Boy Scouts of America is changing its name to be gender neutral ahead of allowing girls to join.
Shared by Glynis Condon
FromMashable
Pride parades are the best kind of public spectacle: They uplift, unite, and give people a great reason to have a lot of fun.
Shared by Alea Connolly
FromThink Inclusive
The school didn’t have any special education teachers and never had included a student with Down syndrome, but they were committed to making it work.
Shared by Crystal Hudson
FromThe Undefeated
An examination of the history of black baseball in the nation’s capital from its inception to present day.
Shared by Erin Griffiths
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