Special Olympics Belgium strives to provide all people with an intellectual disability of eight years and older with the opportunity to practice an adapted sport and participate in a training program, in order to advance the integration of intellectually disabled individuals into their communities. Sports can truly improve the social acceptance of people with an intellectual disability. To learn new skills, to measure oneself against others, to function as a team, to feel satisfied after putting in effort: piece by piece, these positive experiences give individuals more self-confidence and make it easier for them to find their places in society. Our athletes train very hard and perform goo... read more Special Olympics Belgium strives to provide all people with an intellectual disability of eight years and older with the opportunity to practice an adapted sport and participate in a training program, in order to advance the integration of intellectually disabled individuals into their communities. Sports can truly improve the social acceptance of people with an intellectual disability. To learn new skills, to measure oneself against others, to function as a team, to feel satisfied after putting in effort: piece by piece, these positive experiences give individuals more self-confidence and make it easier for them to find their places in society. Our athletes train very hard and perform good results. We thing they deserve the same treatment as normal athlete and we want them to be proud of their performance! Our goal towards 2020 is to reach 20,000 athletes and to bring them to sport (growth of 60% in 4 years).
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