On this day in history, July 20, 1968, athletes competed in the first Special Olympics International Games — the largest sporting event for people with intellectual disabilities today ...

Through the Special Olympics, she’s captured gold in golf and swimming. Through the training, the competitions, and the success, her dad Ron Fulop was always in her corner. At just 8 years old ...

Special Olympics logo ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The 2025 Special Olympics New York Winter Games kicks off with an opening ceremony at the Riverside Convention Center.

When Luz Maria Sampedro was a high school senior in her native Bogotá, Colombia, in 1978, she and her classmates volunteered at her city’s Special Olympics. The event, which had begun in the ...