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EU funds Special Olympics with €1.7 million
2,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities from 58 countries are set to compete in 10 Olympic Sports.
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How sport can end discrimination against Europeans with intellectual disabilities
Special Olympics is not just about sport, but also about overturning stigma and prejudice, says Mary Davis.
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People stare at you. They make you feel different.
In this brief message, soccer player Barry Cairns talks about what it's like to be a Special Olympics athlete.
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European ‘Special Olympics’ kick off in Belgium
SPECIAL REPORT: Athletes with intellectual disabilities will be able to compete in different sports for the next ten days, at the Special Olympics European summer games in Belgium.
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Parliament welcomes Special Olympics flame
After traveling 450 km across 15 Belgian cities for four days, the Special Olympics torch arrived in Brussels on Tuesday.
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Special Olympics torch stops in Brussels EU’s district
SPECIAL REPORT: The Olympic flame arrived for the first time in Belgium as part of the Special Olympics European summer games on Tuesday (9 September), turning attention to an event few people in the EU sphere had heard of until now.
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Commission: Integration, social inclusion ‘key’ in new EU sports plan
Integration and social inclusion will be “key aspects” in the new EU plan for sports, head of the European Commission Sport's Unit Yves Le Lostecque has said.
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Commissioner Vassiliou: Sport is a crucial means of encouraging social inclusion
Commissioner Vassiliou said the lack of exercise is a problem affecting all social groups that is why the Commission will have a dedicated budget for sports activities as part of the new Erasmus+ programme. The European Commission is also a partner in the special Olympics European summer games 2014 that are taking place in Belgium from 2-20 September.
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Athletes unite for European Special Olympics opening
SPECIAL REPORT: More than ten thousand people gathered at the Special Olympics’ opening ceremony to watch athletes with intellectual disabilities launch the games, in Heizel, on 13 September.
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Special Olympics opens with focus on medical care
On Saturday, more than ten thousand people gathered at the special Olympics’ opening ceremony in Belgium, where athletes with intellectual disabilities will compete over the coming days.
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Tim Shriver: Intellectually disabled people still face mocking, humiliation
Special Olympics Chairman Tim Shriver welcomed the EU's initiatives to promote social inclusion through sport, but warned that intellectually disabled people are still facing “mocking, humiliation, denial of medical care, denial of education” across the continent.
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Including people with intellectual disabilities in the workplace
SPECIAL REPORT: About 300 scholars, athletes and policymakers gathered on Monday (15 September) at the Special Olympics scientific symposium to discuss new and better ways to include people with intellectual disabilities in the labour market.
