SpecialStories

Original source: The Gazette
Six young adults with Down Syndrome will travel to Peru, live in a village and climb to Machu Picchu. The trip is intended to show that people with the condition can contribute to a community
IRWIN BLOCK, The Gazette
At the end of May, six young adults will be flying to Peru to live [...]

Major Performers with a Disability: Wyatt, Henry, Adam, Lexi, Neal
First Broadcast on HBO (US Network) in March, 2008

Information from tv.com

Cast
Main Cast
Elaine Hall
Wyatt
Henry
Adam
Lexi
Neal
Description
Five autistic children seize the spotlight in this moving documentary about a troubling disorder affecting too many children in the world today. Focusing on the children, the camera follows the families as they struggle [...]

Unified teams from China and Germany after their gold medal game at the World Games in Dublin, Ireland in 2003.

Repeating History
Female actresses were not allowed on the English stage until 1660 so in
Shakespeare’s plays female roles were played by young boys. How quaint
we think now. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, African Americans
were portrayed by whites in black face. How racist we think
now. Today the gay and lesbian community questions why so many [...]

Words Matter
Words can open doors but they can also create barriers or stereotypes. Many people think that political correctness (or PC) has gone too far and that some people are overly sensitive. However, if it means that one person will not be hurt by a negative word or phrase then I’m willing to go as [...]

The following are sports organizations that include people with intellectual and/or physical disabilities.
General Organizations (multisport)

Special Olympics
For people with intellectual disabilities
International Paralympic Committee
For people with physical disabilities
Go to the Membership page to find local Paralympic organizations

International Sports Federation for Persons with an Intellectual Disability

For people with intellectual disabilities. The same [...]

An Organization that Changes Lives
Special Olympics touches the lives of over one million athletes and a similar number of volunteers in over 150 countries worldwide.
The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for persons eight years of age and older with intellectual disabilities, [...]

Original Source: Brudirect.com News
Bandar Seri Begawan -– Three of the country’s special athletes who have intellectual disabilities are physically and mentally ready to take up the challenge in participating in the 3rd Special Olympics at Mount Kinabalu Climbathon in Sabah, Malaysia.
These special athletes, two students from the Bengkurong Pusat Ehsan and the other from the [...]

Original Source: the Onion
WASHINGTON, DC-– Three months after the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Nagano, Japan, the International Special Olympics Committee has begun to investigate charges that athletes used performance-enhancing hugs in their training and directly before competing in key events.
“These people have no shame,” ISOC chairman Bill Evans said Monday. “Right before a [...]

Original Source: TheStar.com (Toronto Star; you must register to read)
Author: George Gamester
`I realized you have two choices: Lie down and let life pass you by. Or stand up and participate’
Life threw Harry Titus a few punches, including blindness, so he fought back. And he won
Story
Listen, there’s this Karate Kid we want you to meet.
Sure, [...]