Our work aims to empower young people, educators, coaches, and families as leaders for inclusion, starting in their local schools and communities around the world.
Unified Sport
Special Olympics Unified Sports® bring people together, breaking down stereotypes about people with intellectual disabilities in a really fun way. Unified Sports joins people with and without intellectual disabilities on the same team. It was inspired by a simple principle: training together and playing together is a quick path to friendship and understanding.
Unified Schools
Unified Schools begin with Special Olympics Unified Sports® to build inclusive school communities for young people of all abilities. This programming creates an environment where everyone feels welcome, valued, and included both in school and in their local community.
These schools can expand their programming to include inclusive youth leadership and whole school engagement in order to become Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools®.
Inclusive Youth Leadership
Our Athlete and Youth Leadership have brought young people with and without intellectual disabilities together to develop the tools they need to become leaders for change in their communities.
Sport as platform to promote social inclusion
Sport brings people coming together to play from different background and abilities, across cultures, languages and religions.Sports break down barriers and build bridges where boundaries usually exist. Special Olympics Unified Sports® brings people with and without Intellectual disabilities together to play team sports to promote inclusion. Below are ways to participate in our INCLUSION movement.
Corporate
Plan annual CSR sporting event with us and get your staff to partner with our athletes for a Unified Sports competition such as Bowling, Bocce, Football, Floorball or Basket ball.
Encourage your staff to be active in sports by joining our training program as Unified partners. Take part in our local communities, state, national, regional or International games.
