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Fitness Captain

Athletes participating in stretching exercises.
To be a great athlete, you must be a healthy athlete. A focus on fitness through the lens of sport can help drive positive daily choices that support sports performance, injury prevention and improvement in overall health and wellbeing. Fitness Captains will work closely with their coaches to help ensure health and fitness is a key component of the sports experience.

The purpose of this training course is to provide Fitness Captains the required skills and knowledge that will allow them to lead their sports team in activities related to fitness and healthy lifestyle.

Healthy Communities Webinars

February 2024

Grant reminders; new Healthy Communities Resource page; presentations by Special Olympics Colombia, Puerto Rico, and Saudi Arabia.Slides (PDF)

Easy Read & Accessibility

Special Olympics aims to create a more inclusive and accessible world for all people. Creating and using easy read language is one additional way that we can strive to achieve this.As a global organization, we also need to reach as wide an audience as possible. This not only involves translating material into our official languages but also creating materials in Easy Read format, as stated in the organization's translation policy.
Community Impact

Spotlight on Lily D Moore - Embracing Diversity, Advocacy and Inclusive Education

Lily D. Moore, Special Olympics Global Ambassador
Hosts Josh Basile from accessiBe, and Novie Craven meet Lily D. Moore, actor, model and Special Olympics Global Ambassador!

Leadership Academy

The Special Olympics Leadership Academy, established in 2014, is an award-winning program dedicated to developing inclusive and future-ready leaders of the Special Olympics Movement. With a focus on developing inclusive mindsets, providing skillsets, and practical tools, the Academy aims to build capacity and strengthen leaders' abilities to achieve inclusion globally. Leadership Academy forms part of the Special Olympics Learning and Development Strategy Pillar “Advancing” and directly supports Special Olympics Strategic Plan 2021 – 2030 Enabler 4 “Drive Excellence.”
In the News

Shahd and Abdelrahman Named to Global Youth Leadership Council

Shahd and Abdelrahman, newly appointed as members of the Global Youth Leadership Council.
Shahd and Abdelrahman have been appointed to the Global Youth Leadership Council. This is a testament to their unwavering dedication to inclusion and their tireless efforts to foster a sense of community and belonging for all.

Healthy Start

In this Healthy Start Toolkit, you will hear from other families and find resources to guide your child’s journey following a diagnosis of developmental delay (DD) or intellectual disability (ID).
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