Young Athletes: Where Play Meets Growth

Watch how Young Athletes, a sports play program for kids aged 2-7, transforms classrooms and communities worldwide. Our year-long lesson ...

National Girls & Women in Sports Day

National Girls & Women in Sports Day celebrates the accomplishments of female athletes. It recognizes the influence of sports participation ...

People of UCCS: Matthew Williams

“We took every opportunity to stop and talk about the importance of being together, learning how to cope with day-to-day ...

Case Study: Developmental Sports in Upper Elementary

“I see Jayden being very successful in the future because of his time spent in PE, in Special Olympics, and ...

Global Day of Inclusion

Today we’re celebrating the founding of Special Olympics with the Global Day of Inclusion! Over the past 56 years, Special ...

By the Numbers: College Programming

Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools® doesn’t end at high school graduation. From Unified Sports to Special Olympics College Clubs, ...

Unified Talks: Teammates

What’s up Unified Generation? La Cueva High School (New Mexico) students Eva and Isaac have teamed up for a ...

By the Numbers: Unified Sports

Special Olympics Unified Sports® is a powerful force for inclusion, from grade school, to college, and beyond. Learn more about ...

Congrats to the 2022 ESPN Top 5

We are proud to announce the ESPN Top 5 Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools for 2022! 1️⃣ Annapolis High School – Special Olympics Maryland 2️⃣ ...

Boys & Girls Clubs of America x Special Olympics

Announcing our new partnership with Boys & Girls Clubs of America.

The Delta Goes for Gold

Featuring the Unified basketball team from the Boys & Girls Club Mississippi Delta.

This is Bunker Hill Elementary School

When Special Olympics DC suggested that Bunker Hill Elementary start a Unified Champion Schools®  program, teacher Lisa Haynes responded immediately: “...

Back to School

Are you ready to get back to it? This year “back to school” means so many things. Back to friends, ...

2021 SONA UCS Outstanding Coach: Allison Wonch

Special Olympics is made up of fantastic coaches, but today we’re celebrating the one-and-only Coach Allison Wonch from Special ...

Welcoming Wellness

For this month’s vlog, we asked the Special Olympics U.S. Youth Ambassadors about the healthy habits they’re ...

Inside Inclusion: The Importance of PE with SHAPE America

Inside Inclusion is a monthly series where members of #UnifiedGeneration explore an important topic. This month’s episode is all ...

Unforgettable Moments in Unified Sports

There’s nothing like an unforgettable moment in sports. In their latest vlog, hear the U.S. Youth Ambassadors talk ...

Unified Talks: Connections with Katrina and Aidan

We’re back in Minnesota for this episode of Unified Talks! Minnetonka High School seniors Katrina and Aidan are here ...

Inside Inclusion: Collaborating on Different Teams

Inside Inclusion is a monthly series where members of #UnifiedGeneration explore an important topic. Inside Inclusion has arrived in Minnesota! ...

Unified Talks: Teamwork

Unified Talks has arrived in Minnesota! Buffalo High School students Aubrey and Elise have teamed up to talk about teamwork. ...

Unified Talks: Identity at Warren High School

In this episode of Unified Talks, we’ve journeyed to Warren High School in Southern California! Warren is a Special ...

By the Numbers: Unified Champion Schools®

This back-to-school season, Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools® is ready to embark on another year of creating inclusion in schools ...

Special Olympics Kansas is Excited for Unified Bowling

Learn about the importance of Unified Sports in schools.

Favorite Fitness Activities with the U.S. Youth Ambassadors

Check out some of the favorite ways our Special Olympics U.S. Youth Ambassadors stay fit! Whether it is running ...

Jack Nagle: 2020 SONA Outstanding Coach

There are over 147,000 volunteer coaches across the SONA Region. One of these coaches is Jack Nagle from Special Olympics North ...

Favorite Special Olympics Unified Sports® Memories

What's your favorite Unified Sports memory?

How Unified Track Brought Sam and Parker Together

Meet Sam and Parker from Special Olympics Kentucky. Together, the pair have competed over the last 6 years. As a result, ...

Jamaal Charles on Inclusion and Diversity

Jamaal Charles was in the third grade when he discovered that he had a learning disability. When he was in ...

Unified Talks: The Anton Team On Being A Good Teammate

Sisters Elise and Sophia Anton, both Special Olympics U.S. Youth Ambassadors from Colorado, talk about what means to be a good teammate.

Find Your Sense of Belonging with Unified Champion Schools

October is National Bullying Prevention Month. Growing up, Daina Shilts did not have a Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools experience. ...

Eddie Yarbrough is a Champion Ambassador

Eddie Yarbrough is a Defensive End for the Minnesota Vikings. He is also a Special Olympics Champion Ambassador. Eddie was ...

Making the Case for Inclusion: CDC Report

There are different ways to bring inclusive sports into schools. One of these ways is using resources from Unified Physical ...

Tanner’s Moment

Tanner gained a positive outlook on school and life after joining Unified Sports.

Inclusion Weekly: College Clubs

Special Olympics College Clubs are a great way to make college more inclusive.

Rashaan’s Moment

After moving around during childhood, Rashaan found his passion for basketball. But it wasn’t until college where he found ...

Inclusion Weekly: Unified Physical Education

Meet Donzel, U.S. Youth Ambassador from Illinois. Donzel shares the benefits of Unified Physical Education. Unified Physical Education is ...

Inclusion Weekly: Unified Sports

Meet Sydney, U.S. Youth Ambassador (MA). In this week’s episode, Sydney interviews students at her former high school. ...

Catherine and Claude’s Moment

Catherine and Claude Dayas-Tokoto emigrated from Cameroon to the United States. They did this in the hope of providing a ...

Deran’s Moment

When Deran was younger, he had a childhood friend named Jenny. When Jenny passed away, Deran felt shocked at how ...

Meet #33 – Cody

There are many great things about Cody. First, Cody is an awesome soccer player and artist. Plus he is a ...

Meet #22 – Sydney

Sydney is one of the Captains of the Clovis North soccer team. Joining the team gave Sydney a sense of ...

Meet #25 – Sean

Sean always played sports growing up. But, he didn’t find his community until he joined the Clovis North Broncos. ...

Clovis Unified

This is the story of the Clovis North High School Unified Interscholastic Soccer team. Interscholastic teams play in Unified Champion ...

Mead HS: A Case Study

Mead High School is a Unified Champion School in Longmont, Colorado. The school has grown exponentially over the decade since ...

Daina’s Powerful Story

Daina Shilts was bullied, teased and excluded when she was in school. Through Special Olympics, she found her love of ...

Eddie Yarbrough: From Unified Champion Schools to the NFL

Eddie Yarbrough is a Defensive End for the Minnesota Vikings. Before, he played for the Buffalo Bills. Before his professional ...

Play Unified: Unified Sports & Unified PE

There are 3 components of a Special Olympics Unified Champion School. An example of one is Special Olympics Unified Sports®. This ...

Washington HS: A Case Study

Washington High School is in Phoenix, Arizona. This school is a Special Olympics Unified Champion School. Through Unified Sports and ...