Unified Sports® is a program that combines approximately equal numbers of Special Olympics athletes with peer athletes without intellectual disabilities on sports teams for training and competition. Furthermore, all players (Athletes and Unified Partners) are of similar age and ability. Athletes in this program need to have the necessary skill level to participate in the sport so they can be appropriately matched with Special Olympics athletes.Unified Sports® expands sports opportunities for athletes seeking new challenges. Unified Sports® provides a valuable sports opportunity to individuals with intellecutal disabilities who are not presently involved with Special Olympics. This is especially true for those with intellectual disabilities and for those in communities where there are not enough Special Olympics athletes to conduct team sports.
Events OfferedSONC offers Unified Sports® competition in the following sports events:
SONC joins numerous other states and countries in the efforts to offer an additional way to challenge existing Special Olympics athletes, recruit more Special Olympics athletes and to welcome community peer athletes into Unified Sports®. These efforts will create a unique and mainstreamed level of sports competition. Please join us in these efforts! |
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Sports Offered
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