Posts filed under: Special Olympics

July 19, 2010
ABC News
Dr. Besser's Notebook: Special Olympics' Legacy for Us All
When I was in medical school at the University of Pennsylvania more than 20 years ago, our class volunteered to work at the Special Olympics Games in Philadelphia.
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Filed Under: healthcare, intellectual disability, public policy, recreation, Special Olympics

March 15, 2010
Summit Daily News (Frisco, Colo.)
Disability 101: Paralympic Call for Equality
Yeehaw!!! The 2010 Vancouver Paralympic Winter Games are at last being televised in the U.S.! Well, sort of. It's not ideal coverage, but it's a lot more than we have ever had before, so we are making progress.
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Filed Under: adaptive sports, disability awareness, Paralympics, recreation, Special Olympics

Oct. 25, 2009
The New York Times
The Boss: Work at Eye Level
WHEN I was growing up, we lived on a farm in Maryland and had dogs, chickens and cattle. In 1962, my mother, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, started a summer camp in our backyard for children with intellectual disabilities, which was the beginning of Special Olympics.
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Filed Under: intellectual disability, recreation, Special Olympics

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