The Hurtful Effects of the R-word

The following is a guest blog post co-authored by Samuel Fawley & Eddie Barbanell. Barbanell is a Special Olympics athlete, Special Olympics International Board Director and Vocal Advocate of the Spread the Word to End the Word campaign.

Universal Pictures Thinks Bigotry is Acceptable, and Marketable

In light of the recent backlash from advocates of and people with intellectual disabilities about the R-word (retarded) and the derogatory slang “Downsy” being used in a scene of Universal Pictures’ new movie, “The…

Remembering Doug Snyder

By Tim Shriver

Dear Team Special Olympics:

Yesterday, we lost an extraordinary man who gave his passion, his intellect, his skill, and his character to our movement. Doug Snyder was all that and more — a central figure in the growth of…

Sport in its purest form

While those of you who are regular readers of this blog are likely very familiar with what Special Olympics is all about, the reality is there are many people across the world who unfortunately are not. Especially when it comes to the press, and specifically sports journalists.

Famous for its Football (Soccer) Pitches, Rio de Janeiro, was the stage of another sport: Basketball

By: Special Olympics Brazil’s Lídia Tamy

55 Special Olympics Brazil athletes, from Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, participated in a…

Haiti: Day 1

By Brady

This week, I travel to Haiti to visit Special Olympics Camp Shriver, which was rebuilt just over a year ago, thanks to the generous support of the Special Olympics International Board of Directors and many generous corporate sponsors and individual contributors, after…

A Gold for Special Olympics: Michael Phelps becomes newest Global Ambassador

Michael Phelps wowed the world again winning six medals in the FINA World Swimming Championships in Shanghai this past week. But the Phelps “wow” factor did not stop after winning his final medal. On…

Stars on Pars: Night Golf lights up the skies in New Zealand

By Karyn

Fancy fumbling in the dark on a golf course trying to hit a glow lit golf ball? In winter?

Teeing up with Global Ambassador Padraig Harrington