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“I’ve Never Been this Happy in my Whole Life”

The following is a guest blog post by Amie Dugan, Vice President of Marketing and Communications for Special Olympics Florida: Special Olympics Team USA athlete Jonathan Doring celebrates his gold...

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APAC Youth’s thoughts on GYAS

Here’s a snapshot of what the APAC Youth Leaders and Special Olympics Athletes took away from the Global Youth Activation Summit: Robin Conanan, Athlete (left), and Luigi Moreno, Youth Leader, SO...

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Teaching the World to Live Unified

As thousands of our athletes, coaches, family members and fans return home to more than 170 countries from Athens, they are spreading a message of unity everywhere they go.  Not surprisingly, it’s...

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“Play On!”

As we reflect on the Athens experience, what remains vivid in our minds are these momentous displays of pure tenacity and strength. Here is one such moment as told by my colleague, Pamella Odhner,...

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Sport in its purest form

While those of you who are regular readers of this blog are likely very familiar with what Special Olympics is all about, the reality is there are many people across the world who unfortunately are...

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Athletes now Hear The World

Click to view slideshow. Special Olympics Nippon can now boast of being the first accredited Program to successfully implement the Healthy Hearing Remote Access Model, in partnership with Phonak and...

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Olympism In Action

THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE WELCOMES SPECIAL OLYMPICS IN LAUSANNE  Earlier this week, Special Olympics celebrated the spirit of Olympism as Chairman and CEO, Tim Shriver, travelled to Lausanne,...

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Special Olympics Myanmar Launches First Healthy Athletes Screening

Click to view slideshow. Nearly 450 Special Olympics athletes participated in the first-ever Healthy Athletes screening event in Muayna, Myanmar, which took place alongside the Special Olympics Myanmar...

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Special Olympics Among Sporting Bests in 2011

The following blog post comes from Kate McKenna, who does editorial and multimedia production for Special Olympics. Like all of us who have the honor of working for Special Olympics, Kate is truly...

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Games? Much more than that

As the Paralympics get underway this week, it’s well worth your time to read the below opinion piece by Mr. Wilfried Lemke,  Special Adviser to the U.N. Secretary-General on Sport for Development and...

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