Comparison Of Special Olympics Vs Special Olympics

Last year was the first time I worked the Special Olympics, and I didn’t know what to expect. I signed up for it with my basketball team because the Special Olympians would be playing basketball and volunteers were needed to help run the scoreboard and keep time. Mr. Campbell, the man in charge, told me that the opportunity to play basketball will be an incredible experience for the special needs participants, but working the event will have an even greater affect on me. I was

The compares were that they both have games and have winners and losers. Most of the games still are in modern olympics. The diffrences were crazy. The Olympic games first happened in 776 B.C. The ancient Olympics permitted only people of Greek descent to participate. Because of this limitation, only a few people were able to participate. The modern Olympics is open to all types of participants. During the ancient Olympics, only the male athletes were allowed to take part in the games. In the modern Olympics, both male and female athletes are allowed to participate. In the ancient Olympics, only the winners would be recognized out of all of the men who participated. In the modern Olympics, there are several medal winners who are recognized

The Olympics are held every four years and are used as a global stage for many thousands of sportsmen and women who come from many different countries around the world to demonstrate their abilities ranging from running to rowing. In theory, the Olympic Games are supposed to be free from any politics and be purely about the athlete’s competition and celebrations. It is supposed to be non-gender, non-religion and non-race biased to show the accomplishment of the athletes that compete. Sporting officials are also supposed to be un-biased offering equal opportunities to all athletes.

Ancient Olympics originated in a religious way and influenced modern Olympics greatly in many forms. The Olympics were a very important part of Greek culture because it honored their god, Zeus. Gods played an important role in the ancient Olympics but slowly started focusing more on competition. Like today, participating in the Olympics was a great honor and the winners were well rewarded and respected. The Olympics have brought people together for several years to compete and have fun, at least for the viewers. The Olympics started off from naked Greek men, to all genders and ethnicities competing.

Because of World War One the Olympics were canceled in 1916. In 1920 the Olympics were brought back. They were held in the country Belgium. The Olympics were held there because of the suffering this country went through during the war. It was a peaceful event with new ceremonies. Athletes took oaths on behalf of all the athletes attending, and doves were released hoping that there would be peace during the games. The war also caused some countries to be excluded, including Germany, Austria, and Hungary. There were a total of 2,622

There are quite a few factors that shaped the modern-day Olympics from 1892 to 2002. Pierre de Coubertin states that he wanted to create the Olympics to spread world peace. He does this by substituting war for friendly sports competitions (doc 1). Of course, there were some bumps in the road while trying to achieve this utopia. Some factors that have changed the Olympics are the allowing of women being able to compete in the Olympics, women’s suffrage, nationalism, wars, and economic conditions (doc 2-7).

Throughout the history of the Olympic games, there has been many changes on how the Olympic Games has come to be interpreted and how they are generally viewed in our modern era. These views range from, Nationalism fueled by the Olympic Games, Women trying to create equality through the Olympic Games, Economic supremacy shown by the Olympic games and the responsibilities held by countries and the self-preservation of a country when presenting the Olympic games. Each view states an interpretation of the Olympic games through the years of 1892-2002 showing a distinct view on the Olympic games depending on the times they were hosted at such as when the Olympic Games were hosted when women weren’t equal to men or who the Games were hosted

Founded in 1882, the Olympics is an event that brings the world together in a peaceful way. However, many factors, both positive and negative, have shaped the Olympics depending on the time and the country hosting it. Women, political, and economics are a few factors that have shaped the modern Olympic movement from 1892 to 2002. The establishment and growth of the modern Olympic games has been greatly affected by women.

As a sporting mega-event, the Olympic Games have numerous social impacts on the people, not only on those from the host country, but on individuals all over the globe.

Although special needs people in the 1960’s were considered useless, Eunice Kennedy Shriver took a stand for them. She created the special olympics, and camp shriver. She used the Joseph P Kennedy Jr. Foundation as well to bend her will on the country of America. The legacy she left behind is still felt today; with the special olympics having an attendance of over 3 million people. Along with that, we have seen the rights and view of special needs people increase ten-fold, compared to what they were in the 1960's. They are as much a part of modern society as anyone else is.

Abstract: The Special Olympics not only give special athletes athletic skills, they offer more opportunity, encouragement, and dexterity to survive in society than the public school system alone. To understand the differences and similarities between handicapped athletes and their non-handicap peers is the first step in creating a program that best meets the child's needs. There were no community programs that catered to the mentally and physically challenged, so Eunice Kennedy-Shriver created "special games" in her back yard for her handicapped child. Shriver established the Special Olympics in 1968. Today there are more than one million special athletes competing in 140 countries. There are some problems with relying on the

The Special Olympic New Mexico (SONM) website is there to guide anyone interested in the foundation to what they need or want to know. SONM goal is to provide children and adults with intellectual disabilities with sports activities, fitness training, and critical skill building that they would not get anywhere else. The SONM website has many great resources for people to do research about the foundation or for people just interested in helping out their cause for good. There also links to help people get connected with the group via Facebook and Twitter. I found this website to be very helpful in finding out the origin of Special Olympics and the events that the New Mexico Branch puts on for their members.

Together they helped bring attention to people with intellectual disabilities and more scientists began doing research and more doctors were trained to work with them. 1962 is when Camp Shriver began and spread across the country, eventually evolving into the Special Olympics.

Olympics, and the 2012 London Summer Olympics winning gold at all of them there they

The IOC (International Olympic Committee) is the governing body of the Olympic Games. Their headquarters are located in Lausanne, Switzerland.