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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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Be a fan of empowerment.  "Disability doesn't mean inability.".
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At an Athlete Leadership Program workshop, Special Olympics Zimbabwe athletes demonstrated that they were quite capable of coaching and organizing competitions. "We suffer from negative stereotypes, but the workshop afforded us the chance to interact and share ideas. I want to tell people that disability does not mean inability," said Rodwell Mandibaya.
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Dk Dewi Sariaini Pg Hj Sarpuddin, Special Olympic Brunei Darussalam volunteer, with the Special Olympics Philippines delegation
Special Olympics has a large and positive impact on the lives of people with intellectual disabilities, their families, and communities and society at large.  See the latest Impact Summaries from Latin America and China. 
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