[Image description: Four special Olympics track athletes sprint to the finish line. They wear their racing bibs with bib numbers pinned to the front of their shirts. The two athletes at the front of the image wear tank tops with the Special Olympics logo and name on them, while the background of the image and two athletes at the sides of the photo are blurred.]

Special Olympics Ontario

Special Olympics Ontario (SOO) runs sports for over 25,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities in Ontario. For example, SOO runs weekly programs in team and individual sports. These sports are run in schools for kids and teenagers. These sports are run in the community for young adults. They also run unified sport tournaments. Unified sports are inclusive. The unified team is made up of Special Olympics athletes and partner athletes. The unified team trains and competes together.

SOO is part of a big Special Olympics movement all over the world. They use sport to help athletes feel respect and inclusion. SOO has started to think about more than ‘just’ sports. They are trying help athletes to be healthy. They want athletes to have the same good health as other people without ID.