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Free Dental Care at a “Day for Special Smiles”
More than 100 Special Olympics athletes received free dental screenings at the Arizona Fall Games. On December 9, the dental college at A.T. Still University in Mesa, Arizona will be closed – unless...
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Dignity Shouldn’t Stop at the Operating Room Door
Paul Corby, 23, has been denied placement on the heart transplant list. It’s summer time and most people are disengaged from the day to day. That’s a good thing. Rest is a vastly underrated key to a...
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Dare. Dream. Do.
Click to view slideshow.Last night, I had the pleasure of honoring a visionary man, an influential friend of the Special Olympics movement, and a 10-year supporter of the Special Olympics Opening Eyes...
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We’re 99.5% the Same
Click to view slideshow. Tom Golisano of the Golisano Foundation is the founding sponsor and major underwriter of the CGI Annual Meeting and a global partner of Special Olympics Healthy Athletes. This...
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The Gift of Hearing
Over the last 10 years, our research has show that people with intellectual disabilities have more serious health problems than the general population. In one study of 3,500 Special Olympics athletes,...
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Our Teacher, Trailblazer, and Friend Paul Berman (December 15, 1950 –...
Click to view slideshow.[Editor’s note: Paul’s family has asked that in lieu of flower people make a donation in Paul’s memory to Special Olympics - http://www.SpecialOlympics.org/tribute. Funeral...
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When Smiles Count More Than Words
EDITOR’s NOTE: The following is a guest blog by Mary Manley. Mary is a fan and friend of Special Olympics. She is also a wife, mother and long-time Chicagoan with a happy and thankful heart. It is...
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How Healthy Communities Improved My Health and Nutrition Habits
Editor’s Note: The following is a guest blog post by Carla Simon who has competed in Special Olympics for six years. She is also on the Special Olympics Arizona Athlete Input Council. Hi, my name is...
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Andrew Waters Shows Us The Danger of Stigma
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following post is a guest post from Mary Davis, Acting CEO of Special Olympics. Today, as on every 10 December, our global society recognizes and celebrates the United Nations (UN)...
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Reviewing the State of Health Care on World Health Day 2016
Editor’s Note: This is a guest blog by Dr. Matthew Holder, MD, MBA. In addition to his roles as Global Medical Advisor for Special Olympics and Global Clinical Advisor for the MedFest discipline of...
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