A year later, during the 2001 Special Olympics World Winter Games, the United States Senate Appropriations Committee organized a special hearing in Anchorage, Alaska.

This house started the Special Olympics. ... The first event was held at Chicago’s Soldier Field in 1968 and featured 1,000 athletes from the United States and Canada competing in more than 200 ...

The first Special Olympics games, a one-day event on July 20, 1968, were fairly small: About one thousand athletes from the United States and Canada competed at Soldier Park in Chicago in more ...

CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea - Student athletes representing both the United States and the Republic of Korea participated in a combined Special Olympics event, April 11, at Camp Humphreys, during ...

A Utah team is stepping onto the world stage—making history as the only U.S. team competing in dance at the Special Olympics World Games.

The United States’ education laws do not explicitly mention inclusion, but laws that provide designated funding and protections for students with disabilities set it apart from the 25 percent of ...

More than 1,500 athletes from 100 global delegations are competing in Turin, Italy, in the Special Olympics World Winter Games 2025, which runs March 8-15.