The Special Olympics was founded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver in the early 1960's with the first international games in 1968. Special Olympics is a non profit making organisation which provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children over 8years old and adults with intellectual disabilities. The Special Olympics Healthy Athletes Programme has been developed because Special Olympic athletes cannot participate successfully in their sport unless they are in good health. There is evidence that our special Olympic athletes experience a wide array of health problems and too frequently fail to receive, or are limited in their access to, the health care that they need.
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