Special Olympics

The Special Olympics mission remains as vital today as it did when the movement was founded in 1968.  

This mission is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.

There are as many as 200 million people with intellectual disabilities around the world. The goal of the organization is to reach out to every one of them—and their families as well. Special Olympics does this through a wide range of trainings, competitions, health screenings and events – thus creating opportunities for families, community members, local leaders, businesses, law enforcement, celebrities, dignitaries and others to band together to change attitudes and create a more inclusive world.

With a shared pursuit to support brain health and mental health for all; plus the core belief that athletics are not only a powerful means to create a healthy body and mind, but a vehicle to create community and initiate positive change - the partnership between Special Olympics and the Leigh Steinberg Super Bowl party is poised to inspire hearts and minds.  

Learn more at: specialolympics.org

Special Olympics is a global movement of people creating a new world of inclusion and community, where every single person is accepted and welcomed, regardless of ability. They are helping to make the world a better, healthier and more joyful place—one athlete, one volunteer, one family member at a time.