Principles
To provide the most enjoyable, beneficial, and challenging activities for Special Olympics athletes, Special Olympics operates in accordance with the following principles:
• To help bring all persons with intellectual disabilities into the larger community
under conditions whereby they are accepted, respected, and given a chance to
become productive citizens.
• To encourage athletes to participate in other school or community sports
programs, whenever it is in the interests of the individual athletes.
• To ensure that all Special Olympics activities reflect the values, standards,
traditions, and ceremonies embodied in the modern Olympics movement .
• To make year-round sports training available to every Special Olympics
athlete, conducted by well-qualified coaches in accordance with the
standardized Sports Rules formulated and adopted by Special Olympics.
• To ensure that the Special Olympics program includes sports training and
activities that are appropriate to the age and ability level of each athlete.
• To organize, to the greatest extent possible, all Special Olympics activities to
involve local volunteers, from school age to senior citizens, in order to create
opportunities for improved understand of intellectual disabilities.
• To offer athletes, in addition to the primary mission of sports training, activities
to include a full range of artistic, social, and cultural experiences.
• To ensure that the Spirit of Special Olympics incorpates universal values that
transcend all boundaries of geography, nationality, political philosophy, gender,
age, race, and religion.
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