What is the Special Olympics? Who can introduce me?

Special Olympics and Paralympic Games are two different organizations recognized by the International Olympic Committee. The main difference between the two organizations is the type of disability and the level of sports ability of the participants.

Disability standards

Special Olympics is the largest organization in the world that provides perennial sports training and competitions for people with mental retardation (over 8 years old). At present, more than 2.25 million athletes in more than 15 countries have participated in 3 Olympic sports training and competitions held in local, state, national and worldwide. Through mass sports, the Special Olympics will benefit the health of the participants for a long time and gain self-respect and social recognition.

The International Paralympic Committee is an international organization that gathers sports elites of disabled people (physical disabilities). The organization arranges, supervises and coordinates the most important world and regional paralympic games and other different paralympic games (including 25 sports) in which sports elites participate. It is a non-profit organization, consisting of 16 national paralympic committees and 5 international individual sports associations for the disabled.

ability standard and sports competition

The Special Olympics allows athletes of all ability levels within the range of mental retardation to participate. In order to ensure the principle of fair competition, Special Olympics athletes will be divided into different "groups" according to their age and ability, and each group can provide all athletes with fair competition opportunities. This principle will bring every athlete a meaningful and pleasant experience, and at the same time, it can stimulate their potential and achieve the best.

Athletes participating in the Paralympic Games come from six different disability groups, and only those with the strongest ability can participate in the competition. As a formal sports competition, those athletes who fail to meet the competition standards cannot participate in the competition, and some athletes who meet the standards may be eliminated in the preliminary round. This sports concept is to select the "best" athletes or sports teams.

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Special Olympics is an international organization that holds annual sports training and sports competitions for more than one million mentally handicapped children and adults.

the purpose of the special Olympics is: let's win. But if I can't win, let me be a brave person in the participation.

our leader is Junes? Kennedy? Honorary chairman of the founder of Shrewo, Sagent? Chairman of the board of directors of Shriver, Tonemi? P? Shriver, Ph? D. president and CEO.

Our task is to constantly give them good opportunities, develop their health, show courage, experience happiness and participate in their families. Other Special Olympics athletes and societies share honor, skills and friendship. Through these, we provide annual physical training and various Olympic sports competitions for mentally handicapped children and adults.

Our aim is: to benefit all mentally handicapped people from participating in the Special Olympics, including improving their health and sports ability, enhancing their self-confidence, positive self-pacifying, enhancing friendship and improving family support. Special Olympics athletes put these benefits into daily life, study, work and the surrounding society. When family members learn to appreciate their athletic ability, whoever participates will become strong. Social volunteers find that these athletes are also very good friends, and everyone knows that these mentally handicapped people have many talents.

The general spirit of skills, courage, interests and joy of Special Olympics has no boundaries of geography, nationality, politics, gender, age, race and belief.

The origin and development of Special Olympics

In June p>1963, in Maryland, USA, Eunice, the founder of Special Olympics? Kennedy? Ms Shriver holds summer camps and sports activities for the mentally retarded.

In July p>1968, the first International Special Olympics Games was held in Chicago, USA.

in December p>1968, special olympics international (SOI) was established.

In February p>1988, special olympics international was officially recognized by the International Olympic Committee.

The development of the Special Olympics has been supported and concerned by governments and people all over the world. By 23, there were more than 15 countries and regions in special olympics international, and the number of mentally handicapped people participating in the Special Olympics has increased from the initial 1 to more than 1.2 million. The 11 Summer and 7 Winter World Special Olympics have been successfully held.

Ms. Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the founder of the Special Olympics Movement, as the executive vice president of the Kennedy Foundation and the founder of the Special Olympics Movement, has been committed to strengthening and improving the quality of life of people with intellectual disabilities for 3 years, so that they can participate in social life. She is the fifth of the Kennedy couple's nine children. She was born in Brooklyn, Massachusetts, and graduated from Stanford University in California with a degree in social science. After graduation, she worked for the American government in various fields of social work in different capacities. In 1957, he took over the Kennedy Foundation and sought civil rights for the mentally disabled. Under her leadership, the foundation has made outstanding achievements in medical research and public education, and her work has been recognized internationally, and she has won the highest honor in the United States-the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

SPECIAL OLYMPICS INTERNATIONAL

The Special Olympics International (SOI) is an international organization that provides sports training and competitions for children and adults with intellectual disabilities all over the world. It is also an organization approved by the International Olympic Committee that can independently carry out activities under the name of "Olympics". For many years, it has been committed to promoting the development of the Special Olympics movement on a global scale. It was founded in 1968 by Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the sister of former US President Kennedy. At present, more than 15 countries and regions have joined special olympics international. At present, Eunice? Kennedy? Ms Shriver is the honorary chairman, and their youngest son Timothy? Shriver is the current Chairman and President of the Board of Directors.

special olympics international is the governing body of the global Special Olympics Movement, headquartered in Washington, D.C., USA, responsible for managing and guiding the worldwide Special Olympics activities, supervising the organization of international and national Special Olympics Games and coaches, and providing support and assistance for important development plans, international conferences and training courses. At the same time, special olympics international also has a regional leaders' council, an international advisory committee, a project rules committee, etc., which adopts beneficial suggestions from individuals and groups and constantly develops and perfects its statutes and competition rules. Special olympics international recognizes that different countries operate in seven regions: East, West and South Africa, Asia-Pacific, East Asia, Europe-Eurasia, Latin America, Middle East and North Africa, and North America.

Mission of Special Olympics:

To create conditions and provide opportunities for people with mental retardation to participate in daily Olympic sports training and competitions, so that they can display their potential and show their courage, share happiness with other athletes and families, exchange skills and enhance friendship.

The ultimate goal of Special Olympics:

To provide people with mental retardation with equal opportunities to participate in social life, so that they can become people who are beneficial to society and accepted and respected by society.

Special Olympics slogan: Try bravely and strive for victory. (Let me win, but if I can't win, let me be brave in the attempt.)

World Special Olympics

special olympics international takes the Olympic connotation and tradition as a model, and holds a World Special Olympics every two years, alternating between summer and winter. The World Special Olympics is dedicated to promoting the development of the global Special Olympics. The games are arranged reasonably and fairly, so that athletes with different abilities have the opportunity to participate. Up to 23, special olympics international * * * hosted the 11th World Summer and 7th Winter Special Olympics Games.

Website of the World Special Olympics Games: www.specialolympics.org

Toll-free number: 1-8-7-8585

Session date and place of the World Summer Special Olympics Games

Number of participating countries and regions

1 1968.7.19-2 Illinois, USA 1, US dollars and Canada

2 197.8.13-15 Illinois, USA 2, US dollars Canadian wave

3 1972.8.13-18 California, USA 2,5

4 1975.8.7-11 Michigan, USA 3,5. 5 about 2

6 1983.7.12-18 Louisiana, 4,

7 1987.7.31-8.8 Indiana, 4,7

8 1991.7.19-27 Minnesota, 6.8 USA. 1 about 143

1 June 26-July 4, 1999, North Carolina, USA 6,8 15

11 23.621-29, Dublin, Ireland 7 15

Number of World Winter Special Olympics

Number of athletes, countries and regions

1 1993. USA 5

2 Vermont, March 8-13, 1981, USA 6

3 Utah, March 24-29, 1985, USA 2,5 14

4 Nevada, April 1-8, 1989, USA 3,5 18

5. 5 58

6 1997.1.26-2.1 Ontario, Canada 2, 75

7 21.3.4-11 Alaska, USA 2, 75

Special Olympics Summer Events 18

Water Events (Swimming and Diving), Golf, Track and Field, Gymnastics, Basketball, Weightlifting, Bowling, Roller Skating, Ground Ball, Bicycle, Softball, Equestrian, Tennis, Football, Volleyball, Badminton, Sailing, Table Tennis, Handball,

Special Olympics Winter Events 7. Snowboarding

The difference between Special Olympics and other sports organizations

Special Olympics has many similarities with other sports organizations, but there are five characteristics that are unique to Special Olympics:

1. Athletes (or parents) who participate in training or competitions are not charged.

2. Encourage athletes with different abilities to participate and provide athletes with different abilities with various competition opportunities.

3. The grouping of athletes in each ability group will be based on fairness and rationality.

4. All contestants can get honors.

5. Qualifications for participating in higher-level competitions need to be selected according to certain regulations on the basis of Special Olympics competitions in various regions or countries.

Qualifications for Special Olympics

All mentally handicapped people over 8 years old and certified by relevant institutions or doctors can participate in the Special Olympics after registration. (Persons with physical disabilities without intellectual disabilities are not eligible to participate. )

Benefits of participating in the Special Olympics

People with disabilities, regardless of their abilities, ages and intellectual disabilities, will bring obvious benefits.

1. Physically, it can improve coordination and endurance, and improve the function of cardiovascular system.

2. Spirit: Learning the knowledge of competition rules and studying the skills and tactics in the competition will cultivate athletes' self-esteem, self-confidence and pride.

3. Social aspect: By cooperating with normal people and peers in the competition and encouraging each other, we can cultivate interest, increase our sense of family honor, improve our understanding of society, and be accepted and recognized by the society when traveling and studying in different places.

Players can get:

1. A rich and beneficial life

2. Improve their skills in school, work, family and social life, build their self-confidence

3. Improve their leadership

National members of Special Olympics

In addition to 52 organizations in the United States, Special Olympics Co., Ltd. has authorized 149 countries.

milestone

June 1963.

Junes? Kennedy? Shriver held a summer camp at his home in Maryland for adults and children with mental retardation to explore their abilities in various sports and physical activities.

July 2, 1968.

Together with Park DC, Chicago, the Kennedys planned and hosted the first International Special Olympics Summer Games, seeking fans in Chicago? Held in field. 1, mentally handicapped athletes from 26 states and Canada competed in track and field, floor hockey and water sports.

December, 1968.

Under the laws of the District of Columbia, Special Olympics Co., Ltd. is a non-profit charity, association for the disabled, Committee for Special Children and American Association for Mental Retardation, and according to the tradition and spirit of the Olympic Games, it guarantees to do its best to provide physical training and sports competitions for people with mental retardation.

August 13th to 15th, 197.

The 2nd International Special Olympics Summer Games was held in Chicago, Illinois, with 2, athletes from all 5 states, including the District of Columbia, France and Puerto Rico.

1972.8.13-18.p > The 3rd International Special Olympics Summer Games was held in Ross Ziereis University in California, with 2,5 participants.

August 7-November 1975

The 4th special olympics international Summer Games was held at Michigan Central University in Princeton, Michigan, with 32 athletes from 1 countries participating. The Games were broadcast nationwide through CBS's "Sports Grand View".

February 5-November 1977

The first Winter Games of Special Olympics was held in Steamboat Spring in Colorado, and more than 5 athletes competed in skiing and skating. CBS, ABC and NBC TV networks reported the sports meeting.

August 8-13, 1979.

The 5th Special Olympics Summer Games was held in new york State University in Brockport. 3,5 athletes from all American states and more than 2 countries participated.

198-1981

The Special Olympics held a training and certification program for coaches, and printed the first set of sports skill instruction manuals.

March 8, 1981-March 13.

The second Winter Games of Special Olympics was held in the countryside of Smuggler's Notch and Stowe, Vermont, with more than 6 alpine skiers and field skiers.