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Special Olympics provides Olympics-type sport training and competition to athletes 8 or older. For children with intellectual disabilities ages 2 through 7, Special Olympics provides a Young Athletes Program.Meet our Athletes
Global News Special Olympics coaches have a unique opportunity to work with athletes in competitive situations to assist in their training for life. As a grass-roots organization, Special Olympics relies on volunteers at all levels of the movement to ensure that every athlete is offered a quality sports training and competition experience. Individual donors, corporate partners and many others make it possible for Special Olympics to offer children and adults with intellectual disabilities the opportunity to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage and experience joy through participation in the program.
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IN THE NEWS
Updated 29 September 2008

Be a fan of inclusion.  Don't use the "r-word."
Special Olympics Virginia Global Messenger Frank Stephens
"I get the joke that only dumb and shallow people are using a term that means dumb and shallow. But it is only funny if you think a “retard” is someone dumb and shallow. I am not those things, but every time the term is used it tells people it is okay to think of me that way and to keep me on the outside." Frank Stephens on  why using the "r-word" is a big deal to him.  Learn more...
 
FOCUS ON Volunteers
Dk Dewi Sariaini Pg Hj Sarpuddin, Special Olympic Brunei Darussalam volunteer, with the Special Olympics Philippines delegation
A veteran volunteer for other causes decides to lend a hand at a Special Olympics competition — and has the experience of a lifetime.
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