National Olympics : About Intellectual Disabilities

Have you ever dreamed of going to the Olympics? What about people with intellectual disabilities though? For many years, they never even had the chance to dream about participating in an Olympic-like competition. With a history that has moved the hearts of many, the Special Olympics is an international organization that continues to thrive in helping individuals with intellectual disabilities to understand and accomplish basic everyday tasks, to fulfill their full potential, and to be accepted

I chose Special Olympics as my nonprofit organization because I think more people need to know more about it. The Special Olympics is the world's largest sports organization for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, providing year-round training and competitions to 5.7 million athletes and Unified Sports partners in 172 countries. Special Olympics competitions are held every day, all around the world—including local, national and regional competitions, adding up to more than 100,000

most popular global organization that help people with disabilities to play and compete sports is the Special Olympics. The Special Olympics started in 1968, it was held in Chicago, Illinois and it only involved 26 U.S. states and Canada. According to the article “The Special Olympics-Paralympic Games relationship”, Traian Bocu states, “Special Olympics is the world’s largest sports organization for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, which provides competitions throughout the year with

In 1962, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, sister of John F. Kennedy, started ‘Camp Shriver’ on her farm in Maryland. This turned into what we know today as the Special Olympics. Shriver also did a lot of other work to benefit the lives of many people with intellectual disabilities. But before all of that, she was born in 1921 and grew up in Brooklyn, Massachusetts along side her eight brothers and sisters. She went on to attend college at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California where she received a Bachelor

lives is taken away. Education is one of free benefits of living in the United States. Within the schools one can find many different types of students that all deserve the best education they can receive. Nonetheless, people with intellectually disability are often forgotten and thought as unteachable. As written by Deweaver et.al. in the article Persons with Mental Retardation: A Forgotten Minority in Education, “U. S. society values high intelligence, independence, and mental acumen, but can shun

1981. As of May 2014, 24 women are active IOC members out of the 106 total members. Every four years, the IOC organizes a world conference on women and sport, where the primary objective is to analyze the progress made in gender equality within the Olympic Movement. The most recent meeting took place in February 2012 with over 700 delegates from 121 countries. The most notable objective that took place at this meeting was the passing of the unanimously approved “The Los Angeles Declaration”. “The Los

no physical or learning disabilities, the culture and lifestyle of those with disabilities is still new to me. After watching Murderball, a documentary that focuses on the U.S. quadriplegic rugby team, I was happy to find out that there are still many opportunities for disabled individuals to participate in sports. Through dedication and training, it seemed that anything was possible for these athletes. Unfortunately, it appears that those with mental/learning disabilities are not presented with as

inclusion among people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs) the social dynamics of these circumstances can be more complex then traditionally anticipated. In the United States of American six and a half million people, on average, have intellectual and or developmental disabilities. This translates into two and a half percent of the population (Morstad 2010). Globally, about two hundred million people have intellectual and or developmental disabilities. Worldwide, this makes up

The Museum of Disability was very informative on displaying the progressive history of individuals with disabilities. Prior to visiting the museum, I only knew that people with certain disabilities perform in the circus, but did not know how badly they were being treated. People often forget that those with disabilities are still human and have rights like any other human being. The ways people perceive individual with disabilities have majorly progressed since the Middle Ages until now. In the

SPED Team Intellectual disabilities (ID) in education require proper planning, collaboration, communication, accommodations, modified lessons, and detailed individualized instructions. Intellectual disabilities affect many aspect of a person daily life with a variety of emotional, mental, social, and physical characteristics (Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation, n.d.). Intellectual disabilities are also known as mental retardation (National Institute of Health, 2010). When educating