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The biginning of Special Olympics

The biginning of Special Olympics is that Eunice Kennedy Shriver, sister of late John F Kennedy, held a day camp for people with intellectual disabilities at her home in 1963. From the First International Special Olympics Games in Chicago in 1969, Summer Special Olympics started. After that, Winter Special Olympics also started in 1997 and each Olympics become an event being held every four years. Now, about 1.7 million athletes and 0.5 million volunteers in 150 or more countries participate in the activities of Special Olympics.

About Special Olympics

Special Olympics is an international program of year-round sports training and athletic competition for persons with intellectual disability. Activities of Special Olympics are supported by numbers of citizen volunteers.

Vision of Special Olympics

By athletes, their families and volunteers taking actions as one, Special Olympics helps the athletes not only to improve mobility and physical development but also to foster challenging spirits and courage, and to develop sympathy for joy of achieving goals and joy of living. Special Olympics longs for the society where individuals are accepted and respected as they are.

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