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Special Olympics is the world's largest sports organization for children and adults with intellectual disabilities providing year-round training and activities to 5 million participants and Unified Sports partners in 172 countries.
Click on the map below to learn more about our work in each region of the world, and to connect with your local Special Olympics Program today. In every corner of the earth, Special Olympics is changing the lives of people with intellectual disabilities. These stories come from all around the world.
Special Olympics is a global movement of people creating a new world of inclusion and community, where every single person is accepted and welcomed, regardless of ability or disability. We are helping to make the world a better, healthier and more joyful place—one athlete, one volunteer, one family member at a time.
The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and ...
Dr. Mallika Nadda, has been serving as the Chairperson of Special Olympics Bharat since 2021. As the Chairperson of APAC, Dr. Nadda will stand to be a cohesive voice of the entire Special Olympics Asia Pacific region that runs across 34 countries.
Special Olympics Bharat is an officially recognised programme of Special Olympics International which operates in India. It was founded in 1988 as Special Olympics India, and from 2001 it became as Special Olympics Bharat.
Special Olympics Bharat. The Special Olympics program came to India in 1988 with the formation of Special Olympics India in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The movement had approx 10,000 Athletes enrolled with it at that time. By the time it moved to Bangalore in 2001 it showed signs of stagnation.
The Special Olympics World Games also known as Special Olympiad are an international sporting event for participants with intellectual disabilities, organized by the IOC-recognised Special Olympics organization.
Aug 24, 2021 · The Olympics and Paralympics have for decades been held in tandem, and both celebrate world-class athletic achievement. The Special Olympics differs in key ways.
Special Olympics Bharat (SO Bharat) organised a welcome ceremony at The Lalit, New Delhi for the ten-member Indian football team that returned after displaying a dominant showing at the Gothia Cup ...
