Inclusive Sports

Special Olympics Unified Sports joins people with and without intellectual disabilities together as teammates, each one a meaningful and equal part of the team. In schools, Unified Sports is known as inclusive sports and is one of the three components of Unified Champion Schools strategy.

• Learn. Practice. Play. UNIFIED. -Professional Development training and equipment to create meaningful inclusive PE experiences for all students.

• Unified PE Elective Course- Unified PE is a for-credit opportunity for students of varying ability levels to learn together, through fitness, sports, leadership and wellness activities. It is a meaningful alternative to recruiting student volunteers to help in adaptive PE classes, or to incorporate students with disabilities into regular PE classes, where they are confronted with large class sizes and challenging learning environments.

• Unified Sports Rec Program- Invite kids throughout the community to come out and play at night or on weekends.

• Unified Game Day- Bring teams together to host Unified sports days. (This is done at the elementary level or in addition to other Unified sports options at the middle and high school level).