Special Olympics

have a chance to join a special team and compete with people like them. “Special Olympics has made a significant difference in the lives of thousands of athletes. It has given them an opportunity to…

In high school I had a desire to go to Special Olympics, but when it came down to it, I did not have time and I did not know how to get involved. One day in Foundations of OT we talked about an assignment that we had to participated in which was Special Olympics. I was so excited because I have been wanting to for a very long time. On April 30, 2016 I drove to Westminster Christian Academy excited more than ever, wondering whom was I going to be paired with or if this athlete and I would click…

someone who struggles to do things on their own but can figure out that they need to help someone up. Why can't every athlete do this? This commercial opens up with cheerful music in a picturesque scene. The current scene takes place at a Special Olympics track meet. There is a group of six runners who take off running. The boy in first place suddenly takes a tumble while everyone else continues running. While running by, one of the female runners stops and gives him a hand to get back…

I have chosen to write about bowling for Special Olympics. The Special Olympics is for people that have developmental disabilities. This organization helps students and adults participate in activities at their own level. Also, they are able to build confidence and self-esteem within themselves and others. And not only build confidence and self-esteem but to come together and compete with each other. In the Special Olympics bowling, they justify the rules for people with disabilities so that…

Health Screening and Health Promotion Education Activity: Special Olympics Experience The overall goal of the health promotion and screening stations at the Special Olympics is to promote and maintain healthy lifestyles among Special Olympics athletes. The Special Olympics health promotion and screening venue was an incredible learning experience for both us and the athletes. This paper will discuss our overall Special Olympics health promotion and screening experience. It will include the…

own. The Special Olympics oath shows hope for committed and dedicated athletes. All thanks to Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the woman responsible for the greatest organization ever created. Special Olympics was created in 1968 when my role model Eunice Shriver's eyes were opened to just how unfairly children with disabilities were traded. Much like Shriver, I am dedicated to the equality of children with mental delays. Since I was eight years old I have always been involved in the Special Olympic…

This year my service learning included the Special Olympics and the PCC Health Fair. The Special Olympics was founded in the 1950’s by Eunice Kennedy Shriver. She noticed that young children with intellectual disabilities did not have a place to play. The mission is to work in the community to change the attitudes about people with intellectual disabilities and raising awareness. They provide a safe environment where children and adults with disabilities can focus on what they can do, not on…

Although some level of adaptive sport has likely occurred throughout human history, organized sports for people with disabilities has a relatively brief history. The earliest international sports organization for people with disabilities was the International Committee for Deaf Sports, which was establish in 1922. 1932 saw the establishment of the British Society of One-armed golfers, which is one of the first organizations for people with specifically physical disability. The bloom of adaptive…

Swami Vivekananda said “Every change is being forced upon us.” In Tally’s world no words could be more true. Pretties and Specials are the second and third books in the Uglies series. Within the trilogy the story follows Tally, a young girl who finds out what is truly happening in her society. In Tally’s futuristic city people undergo an operation on their sixteenth birthday to become a “Pretty” the operation alters their looks and their brains. During the operation a lesion is put in everyone’s…

city and works at a place called special circumstances. David is the leader of a secret city called the smoke; it was formed by David’s parents who are runaway doctors from the big city consisting of: New pretty town and Uglyville. The rangers take care of the forest and all of the plants outside of the city. They live in their own city by themselves. The Uglies is the beginning of a very long story, starting with Tally Youngblood wants to become pretty but special circumstances and Dr. Cable…