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Celebrating International Day of Sport for Development and Peace 

Special Olympics hosts Global Coalition for Inclusion event at Global Disability Summit in Berlin

Nine year old Dmitri Vӓrno, a Special Olympics athlete from Estonia, has seen marked improvements in his social development and his understanding of healthy eating through the Special Olympics Inclusive Healthy Lifestyle Groups in Schools (IHLGiS) project, funded by the European Union (EU). Today, on World Health Day, we’re putting a spotlight on this pioneering project and the strides that it has made in fostering inclusivity and promoting healthy eating in schools.

The Special Olympics Word Winter Games Turin 2025, the largest sports and humanitarian event of the year, drew to a close on 15 March after a celebration of sport and inclusion.

A team of observers used the Principle of Meaningful Involvement (POMI) app on tablets to track the level of meaningful involvement on each Unified floorball team. This helped ensure that all players – with or without a disability – had the same opportunity to participate equally in the game.

Celebrated around the world each year on April 2, World Autism Acceptance Day helps to raise awareness and promote education on autism while fostering support, acceptance, and inclusion for people with autism.

Special Olympics athletes, staff and supporters from across the United States gather each year in Washington, DC to meet with members of Congress in order to advocate for critical federal support of the organization’s work. Among the large number of delegation members attending the 2025 Capitol Hill Day was Special Olympics Chief Executive Officer Mary Davis.

University Students Collaborate to Create Inclusive Solutions for Special Olympics through the Accenture Innovation Challenge

It was Fan Xinwei’s first time visiting Italy. Although the city of Turin offered sites, history, and iconic Italian cuisine, the only thing on this floorball player’s mind was victory. And over the course of competition at Inalpi Arena, that’s exactly what Special Olympics China accomplished.

At 21 years old, cross-country-skier Nuka Martin Lynge, from Greenland, has already completed two runs of the Arctic Circle Race - recognised as the world’s most challenging cross-country skiing competition. Earlier this month, he brought his skills and focus from the top of the world to Turin, Italy when he represented Special Olympics Denmark at the Special Olympics World Winter Games 2025.

Konrad Dębniak (35), an accomplished athlete from Special Olympics Poland, has become a true role model for his community—on and off the sports field. His journey to the World Games is a testament to his generous and relentless spirit, and his inspiring determination—all encouraged by his deeply supportive coach, Remigiusz Woźniak.

Antwan “Tony” Saad developed a passion for skiing but has a very peculiar dilemma: his home country of Egypt only receives snow on the rarest of occasions (sometimes years apart). This presents a challenge for someone looking to hone their craft in Alpine Skiing.