SPECIAL OLYMPICS INC
1133 19TH STREET NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20036 www.specialolympics.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: 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 FRIENDSHIP WITH THEIR FAMILIES, OTHER SPECIAL OLYMPICS ATHLETES AND THE COMMUNITY.

PROVIDES YEAR-ROUND SPORTS TRAINING AND COMPETITION TO PERSONS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES.

PROGRAM ASSISTANCE (HEALTH)OUR VISION IS TO CREATE A WORLD WHERE PEOPLE WITH AND WITHOUT INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES (ID) HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES TO BE HEALTHY. WHEN PEOPLE WITH ID HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES, THEY ALSO HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, SPORTS, AND OTHER PATHWAYS TO REACH FULL PARTICIPATION IN SOCIETY. OUR GOAL IS TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO QUALITY HEALTH CARE FOR 11 MILLION PEOPLE WITH ID BY 2020.SPECIAL OLYMPICS HEALTH, MADE POSSIBLE BY THE GOLISANO FOUNDATION AND IN THE UNITED STATES BY THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, BEGAN IN 1997 WITH HEALTHY ATHLETES. SINCE THEN, WE HAVE PROVIDED MILLIONS OF FREE HEALTH SCREENINGS AND EMPOWERED ATHLETES TO BECOME WELLNESS LEADERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. SPECIAL OLYMPICS ALSO WORKS DIRECTLY WITH INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND MINISTRIES OF HEALTH TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE HEALTH SERVICES FULLY INCLUSIVE OF PEOPLE WITH ID.IN 2019, SPECIAL OLYMPICS MADE STUNNING LEAPS IN MAKING HEALTH INCLUSIVE OF PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES. SINCE 1997, SPECIAL OLYMPICS HEALTHY ATHLETES HAS CONDUCTED OVER 2.4 MILLION FREE HEALTH SCREENINGS FOR OUR ATHLETES. WE HAVE ALSO TRAINED MORE THAN 300,000 HEALTH-CARE PROFESSIONALS IN OVER 145 COUNTRIES. OUR HEALTH PARTNERSHIPS ARE CRUCIAL TO EXPANDING THIS WORK AROUND THE WORLD. SINCE 2012, OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GOLISANO FOUNDATION HAS BEEN UNLOCKING DOORS TO QUALITY HEALTH SCREENINGS, FOLLOW-UP CARE, PLUS FITNESS AND PREVENTION PROGRAMMING FOR PEOPLE WITH ID WORLDWIDE. IN THE UNITED STATES, SPECIAL OLYMPICS PARTNERS WITH THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION TO DOWN BARRIERS TO INCLUSIVE HEALTH SERVICES AND PROGRAMS, CHALLENGE MISPERCEPTIONS, ELIMINATE STIGMA, AND IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF PEOPLE WITH ID. THE CDC SUPPORTS THE CENTER FOR INCLUSIVE HEALTH (INCLUSIVEHEALTHCENTER.ORG), A WEB-BASED CLEARINGHOUSE OF RESOURCES DEVELOPED BY SPECIAL OLYMPICS AND OTHER EXPERTS. THE CENTER LAUNCHED ON JUNE 30, 2018 AT AN EVENT IN SEATTLE FEATURING THE U.S. SURGEON GENERAL. THERE ARE NOW 43 RECOGNIZED SPECIAL OLYMPICS HEALTHY COMMUNITIES-OUR RECOGNITION PROGRAM THAT ENSURES YEAR-ROUND ACCESS TO QUALITY HEALTH CARE AND PREVENTION PROGRAMMING FOR PEOPLE WITH ID-AROUND THE WORLD. SPECIAL OLYMPICS ALSO GREATLY INCREASED THE QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF CLINICAL DIRECTORS. A NEW COHORT OF HEALTHY COMMUNITY GRANTEES JOINED THE MOVEMENT, ENERGIZED TO BUILD UPON THE STRONG FOUNDATION AND INNOVATIVE PRACTICES DEVELOPED BY THE FIRST COHORT. IN THE U.S., WE HAVE COMMITMENTS FROM UNIVERSITIES, CORPORATIONS, AND MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS AND ARE PAVING THE WAY TO INCLUSIVE HEALTH ANCHORED IN COMMUNITIES. GLOBALLY, PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS WITH INTERGOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESSES, AND GOVERNMENTS HAVE STARTED TO TAKE SHAPE AND ARE YIELDING RESULTS GLOBALLY, NATIONALLY, AND WITHIN COMMUNITIES TO INFLUENCE HEALTH SYSTEMS. TO BRIDGE HEALTH AND SPORTS, WE ROLLED OUT FITNESS RESOURCES ACROSS THE GLOBE SUPPORTING OUR ATHLETES IN THEIR SPORTS PERFORMANCE AND OVERALL HEALTH.

PUBLIC EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONSPECIAL OLYMPICS IS TRANSFORMING LIVES AND CREATING COMMUNITIES OF ACCEPTANCE, INCLUSION AND RESPECT - FROM THE YOUNGEST AGE. OUR AMBITIOUS GOAL: TO BUILD THE FIRST TRULY UNIFIED GENERATION THROUGH SPORTS - AND END INJUSTICE, INTOLERANCE AND INACTIVITY FOR PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES EVERYWHERE! IF YOU GROW UP IN AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY, YOU WILL WANT TO LIVE IN - AND BUILD -- AN INCLUSIVE WORLD. THIS IS HOW WE ARE CREATING THE BEST POSSIBLE FUTURE FOR ALL. ALL AROUND THE WORLD, WE ARE CHALLENGING YOUNG PEOPLE TO GET OFF THE SIDELINES, EMBRACE INCLUSION AND PROMOTE EQUALITY IN THEIR SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES. OUR YOUTH ACTIVATION PROGRAM - UNIFIED SCHOOLS -- IS NOW OFFERED IN 110,147 SCHOOLS WORLDWIDE, INCLUDING 9,701 IN THE U.S. THIS REPRESENTS ENORMOUS GROWTH IN 2019, AS WE EMPOWER MILLIONS MORE YOUNG PEOPLE TO UNITE AND CHANGE THE GAME FOR EVERYONE. WHY ARE UNIFIED PROGRAMS SO POPULAR WITH STUDENTS AND WITH STAFF? BECAUSE UNIFIED SCHOOLS CREATE A WELCOMING, INCLUSIVE SCHOOL CULTURE THAT BENEFITS ALL STUDENTS - WITH AND WITHOUT INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES (ID). TOGETHER, THESE STUDENTS BRING EMPATHY, ACCEPTANCE AND COMPASSION TO THEIR SCHOOLS. AS STUDIES SHOW, THIS REDUCES BULLYING AND OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE; IT ALSO BOOSTS A POSITIVE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT. YOUNG PEOPLE ALSO CREATE LASTING IMPACT WHEN THEY BRING THESE LESSONS TO THEIR FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES AND THE LARGER WORLD.

SPORTS TRAINING AND COMPETITIONIN 2019, SPECIAL OLYMPICS' GLOBAL PUSH FOR UNITY, HEALTH AND FITNESS HAD IMPACT FAR BEYOND THIS YEAR'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY. IN FACT, THE TALENTS AND SKILLS OF PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES (ID) WERE OPENING HEARTS AND MINDS ALL YEAR LONG, THANKS TO MORE THAN 114, 888 COMPETITIONS HELD WORLDWIDE DURING THIS RECORD-BREAKING YEAR. UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF HIS HIGHNESS SHEIKH MOHAMED BIN ZAYED AL NAHYAN, CROWN PRINCE OF ABU DHABI AND DEPUTY SUPREME COMMANDER OF THE UAE ARMED FORCES, THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS WORLD GAMES WERE HELD IN ABU DHABI FROM 14-21 MARCH WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF OVER 200 COUNTRIES, 7,500 ATHLETES, 3,000 COACHES, AND 20,000 VOLUNTEERS, AND 5,102 REGISTERED FAMILY MEMBERS.AS THE GLOBAL LEADER IN INCLUSIVE SPORTS, SPECIAL OLYMPICS ALSO MARKED A SIGNIFICANT UNIFIED SPORTS MILESTONE: AS OF 2019, WE HAVE BROUGHT TOGETHER 6,724,012 TEAMMATES WITH AND WITHOUT ID IN 250 PROGRAMS IN 200 COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD - A NEW RECORD. IN TOTAL, THE REACH OF THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS MOVEMENT HAS GROWN TO 5,755,056 ATHLETES WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES AND 968,956 UNIFIED PARTNERS - PEOPLE WITHOUT INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES, A TOTAL OF 6,724,012 ATHLETES AND UNIFIED PARTNERS. FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS, SPECIAL OLYMPICS UNIFIED SPORTS IS ALSO MARKING AN IMPRESSIVE NEW MILESTONE: MORE THAN 1,878,098 MILLION UNIFIED TEAMMATES - PEOPLE WITH AND WITHOUT ID - HAVE NOW COMPETED TOGETHER IN EVERY SINGLE REGION OF THE WORLD IN 31,367 UNIFIED COMPETITIONS. AND MORE YOUNG PEOPLE THAN EVER ARE PLAYING UNIFIED: THERE ARE NOW 690,029 UNIFIED TEAMMATES AGES 8-25 WORLDWIDE.AT SPECIAL OLYMPICS, WE KNOW THAT SPORTS TRAINING AND COMPETITION DO MORE THAN EMPOWER CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH ID; SPORTS ALSO DRIVE AWARENESS OF THE TALENTS AND SKILLS OF PEOPLE WITH ID. THAT'S WHY WE CONTINUE TO EXPAND COMPETITION OPPORTUNITIES ALL AROUND THE WORLD.

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