Road to Santiago 2027, is just around the corner and athletes, Unified partners (athletes without disability), coaches, ...

Special Olympics began in 1968 as a single event with a few hundred athletes. Today, it is a global movement that provides ...

Held between the IJF World Veterans and World Kata Championships, the competition welcomed 130 judokas with intellectual disabilities. First Day of Competition at the Special Olympics Judo Open ...

Eight pairs of Special Olympics judokas showcased their skills on the international stage during the 2026 IJF World Kata Championships Judoka Nina Molinari with Coach and Unified Partner, Michel Ell, ...

People with intellectual disabilities (ID) are accomplishing more than anyone ever thought possible, as Special Olympics athletes prove every day around the world. For Shriver, the whole point of such ...

The 2026 Special Olympics USA Games are heading into its last day of competition, and so many memories have been made. It’s hard to believe that the week is almost over and we’re already at the end.

Unified Partners are people without intellectual disabilities who train, compete, learn, and lead alongside athletes with intellectual disabilities. More than teammates, Unified Partners are champions ...

[Washington, D.C. – 15 July 2019] During the month of July, Special Olympics is continuing “The Revolution is Inclusion” five-year global campaign targeting the younger generation of Millennials and ...

Dr. Roheena Malik (left) conducts a vision screening for Colleen Ciecura (right) during a Special Olympics Lions Clubs International Foundation Opening Eyes® screening at the 2025 Special Olympics New ...

On February 1st, 2026, about fifteen athletes from Special Olympics Connecticut - North Haven walked into Choate Rosemary Hall’s Larry Hart Pool, and about thirty Choate students were already in the ...

The inaugural conference called for action on health equity for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. On 24-25 September, 2026, Special Olympics Switzerland (SOSWI) held its first ...

Representatives from the fields of inclusion and academia are beginning to jointly chart the course for a new symbol for sports and people with intellectual disabilities Everything will be decided by ...