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	About the Santa Barbara Special Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Special Olympians are given continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, express courage, experience joy, and participate in the sharing of gifts, skills, and friendship with other Special Olympic athletes and with the community.
		Special Olympics competitions, are patterned after the World Olympics, with all the pageantry and excitement of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, the lighting of the Special Olympic flame, and the presenting of awards to athletes.
		Special Olympic activities take place in public, with full coverage by the media, so that Special Olympians may reveal to the world those special qualities of the human spirit in which they excel-skill, courage, sharing, and joy.
	www.specialolympics-stbarb.org /about_us.html (413 words)

	Albion College Greek Life Special Olympics
		Special Olympics, www.specialolympics.org, is an international program of year-round sports training and athletic competition for more than one million children and adults with mental retardation.
		Special Olympics athletes carry these benefits with them into their daily lives at home, in the classroom, on the job, and in the community.
		Special Olympics Chapters are established in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.
	www.albion.edu /greeklife/service/special_olympics.asp (640 words)

	What is Special Olympics?
		The Goal of Special Olympics Alaska is to help bring all persons with intellectual disabilities, and/or a closely-related intellectual disability, into the larger society under conditions whereby they are accepted, respected and given a chance to become more productive citizens.
		The training that is such an integral part of the Special Olympics program is truly "Training for Life." Through training, Special Olympics athletes not only acquire specific sports skills to prepare for competition, they also gain an opportunity for even greater participation in family, school and community life.
		In fact, Special Olympics is the only organization authorized by the International Olympic Committee to use the word "Olympics" in its name.
	www.specialolympicsalaska.org /whatis.htm (398 words)

	Welcome to Special Olympics Kentucky
		Special Olympics is founded on the belief that people with intellectual disabilities can, with proper instruction and encouragement, learn, enjoy and benefit from participation in individual and team sports, adapted as necessary to meet the needs of those special mental and physical limitations.
		Special Olympics believes that consistent training, with emphasis on physical conditioning, is essential to the development of sports skills, and that competition among those of equal abilities is the most appropriate means of testing these skills, measuring progress and providing incentives for personal growth.
		Special Olympics believes that through sports training and competition, people with intellectual disabilities benefit physically, mentally, socially and spiritually; families are strengthened; and the community at large, both through participation and observation, is united with people with intellectual disabilities in an environment of equality, respect and acceptance.
	www.soky.org /aboutsoky/generalinfo.htm (995 words)

	Special Olympics of Pennsylvania
		The movement known worldwide as Special Olympics began simply as the idea of one extraordinary woman with extraordinary vision.
		And, in 1999, the Special Olympics World Summer Games was the largest sporting event in the world.
		Throughout its history, Special Olympics has remained committed to high-quality training and high levels of sportsmanship.
	www.specialolympicspa.org /about/origins.php (252 words)

	Special Olympics World Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In 1988 the Special Olympics was endorsed by the International Olympic Committee, allowing them to officially use the Olympic name, though it had never been an issue between the two organizations as it had between the IOC and other groups.
		Eunice Kennedy Shriver the founder of Special Olympics and her son, Tim Shriver, now the Special Olympics Chairman and CEO Tim Shriver are planning to be at the games.
		Special Olympics delegations from Canada, China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan, have agreed with organizers in Dublin, to go into quarantine in an attempt to insure that the SARS virus does not impact the games.
	www.internationalgames.net /specialolysum.htm (2275 words)

	Special Olympics Georgia
		Special Olympics is an international organization that changes lives by promoting understanding, acceptance and inclusion between people with and without intellectual disabilities.
		The Special Olympics World Summer Games are held every four years; the 2003 World Summer Games were held in Dublin, Ireland, on 20-29 June; the 2007 World Summer Games will be held in Shanghai, China.
		Yes, Special Olympics and the Paralympics are two separate and distinct organizations with specific eligibility requirements.
	www.specialolympicsga.org /about_soga/facts/default.htm (406 words)

	Special Olympics Massachusetts
		Special Olympics, Inc. is established as a not-for-profit charitable organization under the laws of the District of Columbia.
		Special Olympics kicks off its 25th Anniversary Celebration-"Together We Win"-at the United Nations in New York City, where the 25th Anniversary Traveling Exhibit is officially launched before beginning a nationwide tour.
		Special Olympics presents a Special Report on the Health Status and of Needs of Individuals with intellectual disabilities, identifying actions to improve the quality and length of life of persons with intellectual disabilities.
	www.specialolympicsma.org /about_us/index.asp?page=timeline (1869 words)

	Special Olympics History
		Special Olympics is the first charitable organization to implement such a program at local and national levels in the USSR.
		Special Olympics presents a Special Report on the Health Status and of Needs of Individuals with Mental Retardation, identifying actions to improve the quality and length of life of persons with intellectual disabilities.
		Commissioned by Special Olympics, the two-year study, let by Dr. Gary Siperstein of the University of Massachusetts-Boston, is the largest and most comprehensive study ever conducted on this subject, reporting how people across the world view the roles and capabilities of persons with intellectual disabilities in the workplace, the classroom, and in daily social life.
	specialolympics.villanova.edu /about/soi/history.htm (2082 words)

	Special Olympics
		The Special Olympics Movement is founded on the belief that people with mental challenges can, with proper instruction and encouragement, learn, enjoy and benefit from participation in individual and team sports, adapted as necessary to meet the needs of those with mental and physical challenges.
		Special Olympics believes that consistent training is indispensable to the development of sports skills and that competition among those with equal abilities is the most appropriate means of testing those skills, measuring progress and providing incentives for personal growth.
		The Regional Winter Upper Valley Olympic Games are hosted by the Dartmouth Club of the Upper Valley under the aegis of Special Olympics New Hampshire, or SONH.
	www.dartmouth.org /clubs/dcuv/Special/index.htm (467 words)

	1999 Special Olympics World Games
		The sixth International Summer Special Olympics Games are held at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge and approximately 4,000 athletes participate.
		The fourth International Winter Special Olympics Games are held in Reno, Nevada, and Lake Tahoe, California.
		The sixth Special Olympics World Winter Games are held in Collingwood and Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with 2,000 athletes and 80 countries participating.
	www2.ncsu.edu /ncsu/univ_relations/news_services/ebulletin/so/history.htm (625 words)

	Special Olympics Texas History
		In 1968, five years after she had started a summer day camp for children and adults with intellectual disabilities [mental retardation] at her home in Maryland, Eunice Kennedy Shriver saw her dream realized in Chicago at the first International Special Olympics Summer Games.
		Special Olympics began in Texas in 1969 within the recreation division of the Texas Association for Retarded Citizens (TARC).
		Special Olympics athletes in Texas hold leadership roles within the organization with two athlete representatives serving on the board of directors.
	www.sotx.org /about/history.html (735 words)

	About SOSD
		Special Olympics is unique in that it accommodates competitors at all ability levels by assigning them to competition divisions based on previous performances or preliminary heats.
		Special Olympics South Dakota is founded on the belief that quality training is crucial to success in sports.
		Special Olympics South Dakota, Inc. is an independent non-profit organization which is not part of the United Way, Federal or State Governments, all funding comes from caring individuals, businesses, organizations and corporations.
	www.sosd.org /about_sosd.htm (483 words)

	Special Olympics Index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Special Olympics is an international program of year-round sports training and athletic competition for more than one million children and adults with intellectual disabilities around the world.
		Special Olympics believes that competition among those of equal abilities is the best way to test its athletes' skills, measure their progress and inspire them to grow.
		Special Olympics believes that its program of sports training and competition helps people with intellectual disabilities become physically fit and grow mentally, socially and spiritually.
	www.specialolympics.org.sg /main1.htm (364 words)

	SPECIAL OLYMPICS KUALA LUMPUR
		SPECIAL OLYMPICS is a non- profit international program of sports training and athletic competition for persons with intellectual disabilities.
		SPECIAL OLYMPICS KUALA LUMPUR was registered in 2006 as a separate organisation from the initial association of Special Olympics Selangor and Kuala Lumpur which was formed in 2001.
		Special Olympics athletes find new friends, learn self-confidence and social skills, and are better prepared for employment and independent living.
	www.geocities.com /ftklspecial/index.html (389 words)

	Special Olympics International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Special Olympics offers children and adults with intellectual disabilities year-round training and competition in 26 Olympic-type summer and winter sports.
		Special Olympics believes that through sports training and competition, people with intellectual disabilities benefit physically, mentally, socially and spiritually; families are strengthened; and the community at large, both through participation and observation, is united in understanding people with intellectual disabilities in an environment of equality, respect and acceptance.
		The fundamental difference that sets Special Olympics competitions apart from those of other sports organizations is that athletes of all ability levels are encouraged to participate, and every athlete is recognized for his or her performance.
	www.specialolympics.villanova.edu /about/soi (640 words)

	Special Olympics Massachusetts
		Volunteering time to Special Olympics is more than being a hard worker; it is being a brother or a sister.
		Shriver organized the First International Special Olympics Games, which were held in 1968 at Soldier Field in Chicago.
		Today, still headed by Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Special Olympics is the world's largest year-round program of physical fitness, sports training, and athletic competition for people with intellectual disabilities and/or closely related developmental disabilities.
	www.specialolympicsma.org /about_us/index.asp?page=history (277 words)

	Schwarzenegger.com - Activist - Special Olympics
		Special Olympics is an international program of year-round sports training and athletic competition for more than one million children and adults with mental retardation.
		Special Olympics is the only organization authorized by the International Olympic Committee to use "Olympics" worldwide.
		Special Olympics can always use the support of caring people who want to make sure that these remarkable participants have a safe and nurturing environment in which to compete.
	www.schwarzenegger.com /en/activist/specialolympics/activist_specialolympics_eng_legacy_435.asp (626 words)

	Special: Athens Olympics 2004 \| The Christian Science Monitor
		At the 1968 Summer Games in Mexico City, fl American athletes used their position on the victory stand to display solidarity with the civil-rights movement, making "fl-power" hand gestures wearing fl gloves.
		In early February of 1980, the Olympic news at Lake Placid, N.Y. was that US President Jimmy Carter was asking the International Olympic Committee to move the summer games from Moscow.
		The official reason was "alleged violations of the Olympic Charter by US authorities," but Monitor correspondent Gary Thatcher paints a picture of plain-old politics: "Although the Soviet authorities will never officially admit it, they are exacting belated retribution for the US boycott of the Moscow Olympics of 1980." PDF.
	www.csmonitor.com /specials/oly2004/docs/oly_politics.html (719 words)

	Special Olympics Summary
		The motto of the Special Olympics states, "Let me win, but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt." The motto sums up the attitude and accomplishments of both organizers and participants throughout the more than 30 years of the Special Olympics.
		Special Olympics was founded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver in the 1960s.
		The first International Special Olympics Games (as they were known at the time) were held in Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois, USA, in 1968.
	www.bookrags.com /Special_Olympics (1375 words)

	History
		But the concept of Special Olympics was born much earlier, when Eunice Kennedy Shriver started a day camp for people with intellectual disabilities at her home in 1962.
		On 20 July 1968, Shriver opened the Chicago Special Olympics (the First International Special Olympics Games), which were held in Chicago's Soldier Field, with 1,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities from 26 U.S. states and Canada competing in athletics, floor hockey and aquatics.
		Special Olympics today is a global movement with more than 2.25 million athletes in 160 countries around the world.
	www.specialolympics.org /Special+Olympics+Public+Website/English/About_Us/History (735 words)

	Welcome to Special Olympics Kentucky
		World Games are the highest level of competition for Special Olympics.
		Like the Olympics Games, they are on a schedule so that every two years there is a World Games.
		The next World Games Competition will be held February 26-March 5, 2005 when the World Winter Games will take place in Nagano, Japan, at many of the same venues that hosted the 1998 Winter Olympic Games.
	www.soky.org /sportsprograms/worldgames.htm (381 words)

	Scholastic News In-depth: Special Olympics
		One of the Special Olympics' original sports, swimming made its first splash at the Games in 1968.
		Special Olympians have been playing hoops since 1968, when basketball made its debut at the First International Summer Games in Chicago, Illinois.
		A Special Olympics favorite, football, commonly known as soccer in the U.S., demands both teamwork and kicking skills.
	teacher.scholastic.com /scholasticnews/indepth/special_olympics/athletes/index.asp?article=athletes (1098 words)

	Special Olympics Summer
		The Special Olympics developed from one person’s efforts and ideas into a movement that has in 25 years inspired over 500,000 volunteers to help with sports competitions around the world.
		In 1988 the Special Olympics was endorsed by the International Olympic Committee, allowing them to officially use the Olympic name, though it had never been an issue between the two organizations as it had between the IOC and other groups.
		The Special Olympics World Games will be held outside the United States for the first time in 2003 when Dublin, Ireland hosts the games.
	www.aafla.org /7ig/InternationalGames/specialolysum.htm (241 words)

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	encarta.msn.com /related_761562380_2.5/1968_Olympic_Games.html (73 words)

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		For many years the Olympics consisted of only one race, a sprint of 192 metres (210 yards, the length of the stadium) called the "stadion." A second race of 400 metres was added 50 years later.
		was a special event in which runners competed in hoplite armor, helmet, shield, and greaves that weighed 20-25 kg (50-60 lbs).
		Special Olympics, founded in 1968 by Eunice Kennedy Shriver, is the world's largest year-round program of sports training and competitions for individuals with intellectual disabilities of all ability levels.
	www.lycos.com /info/olympics--special-olympics.html (404 words)

	NPR : 2002 Winter Olympics, A Special Report
		Shorter, who won the gold in the 1972 Olympic marathon and silver in the 1976 games, talks about the drugs involved in doping, and says it has become much easier to detect their use.
		The Mormon church says it's in bad taste to preach to the throngs of Olympic spectators during the Games, but it is focusing its attention on another large group of visitors.
		Olympic officials -- seeking to thwart performance-enhancing drugs -- must determine which of hundreds of dietary supplements should be banned from use during competition.
	www.npr.org /programs/specials/olympics2002 (2380 words)

	History-- Cherokee Strip Special Olympics
		Special Olympics was founded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver and was created in 1968 by the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.
		The first International Special Olympics Games were organized by Eunice Kennedy Shriver and held in 1968 at Soldier Field in Chicago.
		Special Olympics Oklahoma generates its own funds to meet its budget through contributions from individuals, businesses and civic organizations and foundations.
	www.cherokeestripspecialolympics.org /history.htm (153 words)

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