Special Olympics Sarawak through Sibu Chapter is working closely with school to create a unified generation through Unified Sport.
Special Olympics Sarawak started in 1998. Today our number of athletes has grown to over 1,000 and sports activities include athletics, soccer, floor hockey, swimming, bowling, bocce, and badminton. Many of our athletes are students from the special education integration program in their respective schools. In view of the current best practices in supporting pupils with intellectual disabilities is shifting to inclusion, Special Olympics Sarawak, Sibu Chapter has been working closely with these schools to train students with and without intellectual disabilities to play unified sports in recent years.
“We believe by working closely with the schools, we are able to create a unified generation that chooses to include.” said Pemanca Datuk Jason Tai (Vice-chairman of Special Olympics Sarawak and Chairman of Special Olympics Sarawak Sibu Chapter) at the handing over ceremony today where 20 sets of badminton racket and 15 sets of shuttlecocks provided to Education Department Sibu. These sports items will be distributed to schools that have special education integration program services to support them to play Special Olympics Unified badminton.
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Chairman of Special Olympics Sibu Chapter Pemanca Datuk Jason Tai hands over the badminton equipment to Sibu Education officer Mdm Lim Lu Lu.