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is ready to host athletes from across the 🌎 competing in 26 sports🏅#InclusionRevolution #Berlin2023 #UnbeatableTogether
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May is Physical Fitness & Health Month! Ayoub Deboub, Health Messenger & athlete, is here to share his experience-
“Fitness makes me a better athlete as it can give me more stamina and energy when playing sports such as football, swimming & more.” #InclusiveHealth
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Last but certainly not least for #TeacherAppreciationWeek 🍎, & are recognizing Kevin Rolston of Hazel Grove Elementary in . We're honored to present him with our final grant of the week! See all our grant winners: loom.ly/CyKDcm4
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If you know in , then you know Talisha Hurks! For #TeacherAppreciationWeek today, we're presenting Ms. Hurks with $4,000 with to help her ongoing work with the #UnifiedGeneration! See all our teacher spotlights: loom.ly/CyKDcm4
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🚨We think we found the toughest guy ever to be born in Baltimore. Adam Hays has survived 36 brain surgeries & won 2 gold medals in the 🥇. He sat down with on 'Agents of Inclusion' to share his story.
🎧: auda.cy/AOI
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Join for the podcast as he talks about how he finds ways competition can bring out the best in all of us, regardless of who wins the 🏅. May is #MentalHealthAwareness Month and we celebrate #InclusiveHealth!
🔗 to listen fal.cn/3yaIK
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🔥📷 Throwback to the Final Leg for the 2017 Special Olympics World Games in Austria. are Guardians of the Flame of Hope. This year's Final Leg Team will have 100+ Law Enforcement Officials and eight Special Olympics athletes. #InclusionRevolution #Berlin2023
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In the pool, Taylor says, "nobody judges me or my disability. It's where I feel happy and can be myself." She's worked hard to compete, and will be one of the youngest swimmers at . Share her story and let support #CheersForChampions! #ChooseToInclude
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We loved having our second Unified Game of the season! ✅
This is an opportunity to share some facts about intellectual disabilities: Approximately 1 – 3 percent of the global population has an intellectual disability—as many as 200 million people.
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🏅 and Digital Media Coordinator Adam Hays joins to share how undergoing more than 36 brain surgeries has not kept him from achieving some of his wildest dreams.
🔗 fal.cn/3y8GH #ChooseToInclude #AgentsofInclusion
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"Being a person with intellectual disabilities, making connections with people & life can be very difficult. Whenever I’m with horses though, I feel a special connection- a bond like no other."- Shawn Hinz, athlete🏅
📖 🔗 ➡️ fal.cn/3y85R #ChooseToInclude
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We're taking #TeacherAppreciationWeek up north to Anchorage, Alaska to celebrate Service HS teacher Mr. Ahonen. North America & are excited to provide a $4,000 grant to support his inclusive efforts! Watch more: loom.ly/CyKDcm4
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🏸 Did you know? Badminton has been part of the Special Olympics World Games since 1995! 🌍✨
Get ready for an incredible showcase of talent at Berlin 2023, with around 200 skilled athletes and Unified partners competing! 🙌
#CelebrateTheExceptional #SpecialOlympics
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Today for #TeacherAppreciationWeek, we're in #Pittsburgh, with Coach Rudy. He has brought students inclusive programs like Unified Sports, and with , we're giving a $4,000 grant to support his work! For More: loom.ly/CyKDcm4
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🌍 is thrilled to announce that M-Net, DStv, and SuperSport owned channels are sharing our vision of inclusion by airing this video that showcases our athlete's road to the at no cost to the SADC Region. We are truly #UnbeatableTogether ❤️
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🧑🏫 & are celebrating #TeacherAppreciationWeek by presenting a special grant to Tricia Grejeda! Thank you for your continued work ensuring all students feel included. Visit generationunified.org to see our teachers shine.
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#TeacherSpotlight! Students at Rio Rancho Elementary in @SONewMexico love having Tricia Grajeda as an educator. @SpecialOlympics North America and @ChooseKindness are thrilled to present Ms. G with a $4,000 grant in honor of #TeacherAppreciationWeek!
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It's #TeacherAppreciationWeek! Educators are the foundation of Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools®, so each day this week and The Choose Kindness Project are giving a special thanks to an incredible teacher who's inspiring the #UnifiedGeneration.
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Exceptional. Fearless. Unstoppable. Let's #CelebrateTheExceptional achievements of Special Olympics athletes 💪 and challenge misconceptions about disability. Join us in the #InclusionRevolution ahead of the World Games Berlin 2023.
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Through the partnership with PMIEF, SO Ukraine will work with an organization named Reigniting Inclusion Across Ukraine to train staff, coaches and athletes on program management and rebuild inclusive youth programming across Ukraine.
#ChooseToInclude
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🏅Could we see a 'three-peat' at the ? Make sure you follow this #CheersForChampions inspiration Kirk Wint, from Special Olympics Jamaica! ➡️ fal.cn/3y2yR #UnbeatableTogether #InclusionRevolution
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Happy #KidsAthleticsDay 🏃
Today encourages us to get out and Move, Play, & Explore! Did you know Athletics is Special Olympics most popular sport? Let us know in the comments your favorite Athletics event & tag our Special Olympics Athletics athletes ⬇️
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Special Olympics Health Messenger, Eric Massey, is leading the #InclusionRevolution by making his health a priority and finding success through participating in fitness challenges. Head to pg. 38 of Exceptional Parent Magazine to read more. 🖥️ fal.cn/3y0lB
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🔥📷 Throwback to the Flamelighting for the 2019 World Games in Abu Dhabi. Did you know the torch will be lit in Athens, Greece, before traveling to ? The Flame of Hope will be carried to over 16 ceremonies by the Final Leg team. #InclusionRevolution
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Ahead of this weekend's Lincoln Tunnel Challenge, avid runner Bobby Fredericks explains to JR why this road race is unlike any other in the country. #InclusionRevolution
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SOEE President David Evangelista and Health Programs Manager Ilse Hemmelmayr participated in a UN Expert Panel on the importance of 'Easy to Understand Language' for individuals with ID. It was organized by the UN Division of Economic and Social Affairs.
#ChooseToInclude
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Less than two pounds at birth, Karen has been beating the odds all her life. Through sports, she's gained strength and confidence, and now this teen is ready to take on the world at the . Spread #CheersForChampions by sharing her story! #ChooseToInclude
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Ahead of this weekend's Lincoln Tunnel Challenge, avid runner, athlete, and Global Messenger Bobby Fredericks explains to why this road race is unlike any other in the country. 🔗 fal.cn/3xVYV #AgentsOfInclusion
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. #InclusionWorks at the !
#SOIceland team is bringing a TV crew to follow the delegation & two former athletes will be on the team to make sure the stories of their fellow athletes get told in the best way: through their eyes.
Best of luck, Magnus & Katrin! 🎥
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British Vogue made history by featuring ALL people with disabilities on their covers for the first time EVER! We're thrilled to see diversity and inclusivity being embraced in the fashion and media industry. We can't wait to see more of this in the future!
#InclusionRevolution
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🏋️♀️ We hear your "Cheers for Champions" lifting up our athletes like Josee Sequin from as she competes at the . Read more about her story ➡️ fal.cn/3xQGg #CheersForChampions #UnbeatableTogether #InclusionRevolution
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Shimmie and shake your way into #InternationalDanceDay with Special Olympics athletes from around the world! 🌏
Dance allows free expression of emotion and action while teaching discipline, skill and art. Read more here 🔗 fal.cn/3xPHl #InclusionRevolution
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⭐'s were out in Hollywood. athletes attended the world premiere of Vol. 3 featuring Special Olympics Global Ambassador . On the red carpet was Nicholas Leroy, a athlete who worked on the film. #InclusionRevolution
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Thank you to , , and for their joint leadership in reintroducing the Words Matter Act which will continue our efforts to remove the #RWord from federal law. #InclusionRevolution Read more ➡️
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The Torch of the was presented in front of the Brandenburg Gate and in just 40 days, the Flame of Hope will be lit in Athens, Greece! 🏆 #Letrforso #Berlin2023
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Are you ready? Only 50 days to go until #Berlin2023 will kick off at for the big Opening Ceremony.
Learn more: berlin2023.org/en/news/50-day
#SpecialOlympicsWorldGames #UnbeatableTogether
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Put on your best suit and raise a glass to !
Last night, #SpecialOlympics Italia gathered at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome to celebrate in style their 40th anniversary. 🥂🎇
Here's to another 40+ years of #Inclusion! ❤️
#InclusionRevolution #40AnniDiInclusione
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📷 Throwback Thursday! 1975 Special Olympics World Games Opening Ceremony in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. Did you know that athletes and volunteers from seven different regions across the 🌎 will participate in the Opening Ceremony? #InclusionRevolution #Berlin2023
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The logo reveal at the was a day full of celebration and #inclusion! 🎉 "The 2026 Special Olympics USA Games circle of inclusion logo - is a vibrant celebration of inclusivity, togetherness, and the essence of Minnesota." #2026USAGames
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Natalie Ullrich shares how Special Olympics practices accessibility and empowers other organizations to stay inclusive every single day on the latest episode of Inclusion Revolution Radio brought to you by 👉 fal.cn/3xMf8 #ChooseToInclude
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After much anticipation, we are thrilled to share the 2026 Special Olympics USA Games circle of inclusion logo - a vibrant celebration of inclusivity, togetherness, and the essence of Minnesota ❤️
#2026USAGames #InclusionRevolution
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