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A Father's Encouragement and a Son's Determination

Father and son facing one another and balancing on one foot

Mohammed bin Abul Aziz was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder four years ago, and today his condition is ever-evolving due to his father’s continual efforts to encourage him to go through regular health assessments and be a part of Special Olympics Oman.

Healthy Communities Webinars

October 2023

Webinar discusses updates to the Single Health Evaluation for Year 3 of CDC & Golisano Foundation health grants. Inclusive Health team shares an update about how SOI will ask SO Programs to track partners and collaborations in their health work.Slides (PDF)

Community Impact

Saif and Ali Sumaida: A Father Supporting his Son on and Off the Field of Play

Young man working on a project and an adult figure supervises.

“I am Saif Bin Sumaida, a retired senior engineer from ADNOC Gas. God blessed me with four sons and two daughters. We discovered that one of our sons, Ali, had autism at four years old and he struggled a lot with his speech growing up. We enrolled him in speech therapy sessions at the New England Center to help him work on this.

Leadership Development

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.

Fitness

Special Olympics Fitness Evaluation: Physical Activity Wearables

Description: Physical activity wearables are the most accurate way to track changes in physical activity, sedentary time, sleep, and moderate to vigorous intensity activity. Wearables are also a fun tool for athletes that encourages physical activity monitoring and goal setting. Providing athletes with a wearable device can allow for on-going data monitoring before, during, and after fitness programming.

Fitness

Special Olympics Fitness Evaluation: Fitness and Health Assessments

Description: A series of in-person assessments used to determine improvements in health and fitness. The assessments are compiled in a manual with instructions for implementation (provided below).

Fitness

Special Olympics Fitness Evaluation: Attendance Tracking

Description: Regularly monitoring attendance is essential for understanding engagement and adherence, which ultimately contributes to improved program effectiveness and outcomes. By keeping a record of attendance, you can identify trends in program growth or decline, assess program impact, and make data-informed decisions.

Fitness

Special Olympics Fitness Evaluation: Lifestyle Survey

Description: A survey created for athletes to determine improvements in health and health related behaviors. This survey also includes questions to understand athletes’ satisfaction with fitness programs.

Sports Essentials Videos

Special Olympics Football

Football is considered the world’s most popular sport. Introduced to Special Olympics in 1986, it is currently the second largest Special Olympics sport by athlete number, with participants rapidly growing. Special Olympics offers a number of different football codes, training, and competition opportunities for athletes and unified partners to participate in. Watch this video to find out more.

Athletes

Transformative Power of Believing in one's Potential: A Coach and Athlete’s Bond

Young man and woman standing next to one another on the tennis court.

Ahmed El Farji has taken on the role of coach with Special Olympics Morocco tennis player Hajar Cherif Lamrani, guiding her with dedication and expertise.