Special Olympics
Inclusive international games
Special Olympics is an international organization providing athletic training and competition for people with intellectual disabilities.
Founded in 1968, it operates year-round programs in sports from swimming to skiing.
The games emphasize participation and personal achievement over winning: Her son competed in the Special Olympics.
The term is sometimes used mockingly to describe incompetent efforts, which many find offensive.
Sports competitors
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
- sportsmanshipEthical athletic conduct
- medalsAwards for achievement
coaching · track · field · swimming · gymnastics · basketball · bocce · bowling
Being made part
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- dignityInnate personal worth
- achievementAccomplished goal or deed
- confidenceSelf-assurance or trust
self-esteem · independence · motivation · inspiration · pride · recognition · accomplishment · resilience
Unpaid willing workers
- familiesRelated people living together
- coachesThose who instruct athletes
- supportersPeople who back something
- chaptersMain divisions of text
fundraising · sponsors · friendship · camaraderie · belonging · network · advocacy · awareness
Sites for events
- spectatorsThose who observe events
- uniformsStandardized institutional clothing
- awardsFormal honors bestowed
athletes
Sports competitors
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
- sportsmanshipEthical athletic conduct
medals · coaching · track · field · swimming · gymnastics · basketball · bocce · bowling · skiing
inclusion
Being made part
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- dignityInnate personal worth
- achievementAccomplished goal or deed
confidence · self-esteem · independence · motivation · inspiration · pride · recognition · accomplishment · resilience · capability
volunteers
Unpaid willing workers
- familiesRelated people living together
- coachesThose who instruct athletes
- supportersPeople who back something
chapters · fundraising · sponsors · friendship · camaraderie · belonging · network · advocacy · awareness · partnership
venues
Sites for events
- spectatorsThose who observe events
- uniformsStandardized institutional clothing
- awardsFormal honors bestowed
- Disability StoriesHelen Keller, Stephen Hawking, Beethoven, Stevie Wonder, Frida Kahlo
- Sports EventsWorld Cup, Commonwealth Games, Asian Games, Pan American Games, Paralympic Games
- disabilitydisability rights, disability culture, disability activism, disability services, disability identity
- Adaptive PEadaptive sports, adaptive equipment, modified rules, wheelchair sports, wheelchair basketball
- adaptive sportsadaptive sports, racing wheelchair, adaptive skiing, disability sports, sports wheelchair
- KennedysJFK, Kennedy, Kennedy family, Robert Kennedy, Ted Kennedy
Special OlympicsOlympics
Global athletic contest
Olympic Games · Paralympic Games · Paralympics · professional sports · NCAA athletics
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