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Special Olympics

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Special Olympics

International sports program for people with intellectual disability. It provides year-round training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type summer and winter sports for participants. Inaugurated in 1968 through the efforts of Eunice Kennedy Shriver and the Chicago Park District, the Special Olympics was officially recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1988. Games are held every two years, alternating between winter and summer sports. International headquarters are in Washington, D.C.



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PALMDALE -- Los Angeles County firefighters will help raise money for Antelope Valley Special Olympics by waiting on tables at lunch and dinner Wednesday at Greenhouse Cafe restaurants in Lancaster and Palmdale.
Established in 1994, Special Olympics Nippon (SON) is the Japan branch of Special Olympics, an international organization which currently serves more than 2.
As the Special Olympics speed skaters entered the final lap of the 500-meter competition, Pat Burnett started in disbelief.
 
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