Special Olympics: World and Regional Games Center

World & Regional Games Center

Major Special Olympics competitions around the world each year bring together athletes, families, coaches and fans. Get results from past games here.Overview of Special Olympics Competitions, Results and Schedules »

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The World Games

Alternating between summer and winter, the Special Olympics World Games are one of the world's largest sporting events, drawing as many, if not more, athletes than the Olympics. Every two years since 1968, athletes from more than 100 million nations have gathered to celebrate sport and showcase the abilities of people with intellectual disabilites. This prominent world stage brings attention to the Special Olympics movement and helps create positive, sometimes lifesaving policy change for people with intellectual disabilities in countries around the world.

Previous World Game Results

September 23 - September 26 2011	NIT
June 25 - July 4 2011	2011 Summer Games	Greece
February 2 - February 13 2009	2009 World Games

Regional Games

All across the world these Games represent the best of what Special Olympics is all about- showcasing the tremendous capabilities of people with intellectual disabilities.

Special Olympics operates in seven distinct parts of the world, and the games each Special Olympics Region holds are competitive and communal at the same time.

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Special Olympics Blog

Rise Up Revolutionaries!

And today, I watched this video by Stu Chaifetz about teachers and adults who bullied Akian, a ten year old with autism in Cherry Hill New Jersey. It is a tale of fear and rage, as heartbreaking as it is infuriating. It is a call to all of us to rise up again, to demand change in Cherry Hill, to ask for an accounting from those who were abusive. Our own young leaders in Special Olympics Project Unify will understand the horrors of this video perhaps better than anyone. In a special way, I ask their leadership now.read more »

Posted on 2012-04-26 by Tim

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