Mediation effects of basic psychological needs and motivation among coach leadership style on the subjective well-being of adapted sports athletes’ members of the special olympics by Ana Domingues, Jorge Santos, Marco Batista, João Serrano, Samuel Honório, João Petrica

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Body mass index and waist circumference of Latin American adult athletes with intellectual disability by John T Foley, Meghann Lloyd, Lesley Turner, Viviene A Temple

“…BMI and WC records from a total of 4 174 (2 683 male and 1 491 female) participant records from the Special Olympics International Health Promotion database were examined. …”
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Advancing Students’ Educational Experiences with Interdisciplinary Service-Based Learning: Impacting Special Needs Community by Stephanie Herrick Kays, Pamela Love

“… The purpose of this reflective practice paper is to describe the Special Olympics Arizona MedFest partnership with Grand Canyon University (GCU) and the impact this has on athletes, students, and volunteers. …”
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Correction: Opening the door to university health research: recommendations for increasing accessibility for individuals with intellectual disability by Brittany M. St. John, Emily Hickey, Edward Kastern, Chad Russell, Tina Russell, Ashley Mathy, Brogan Peterson, Don Wigington, Casey Pellien, Allison Caudill, Libby Hladik, Karla K. Ausderau

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The Involvement of Athletes with Intellectual Disability in Community Sports Clubs by Florian Pochstein, Gemma Diaz Garolera, Sabine Menke, Roy McConkey

“…Although there is a growing knowledge base within organisations such as Special Olympics in adjusting sports to meet the needs of people with intellectual disability, inclusion in community clubs raises additional challenges. …”
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Social isolation and its relationship to multidimensional poverty by Samuel, K, Alkire, S, Hammock, J, Mills, C, Zavaleta, D

“…We illustrate the concepts of social isolation and social connectedness using examples from South Africa and Mozambique, and the First Nations of Canada, as well as the work of Special Olympics International around the world.…”

Narrowing the Definition of Social Inclusion in Sport for People with Disabilities through a Scoping Review by Viktorija Pečnikar Oblak, Maria João Campos, Susana Lemos, Micaela Rocha, Predrag Ljubotina, Kaja Poteko, Orsolya Kárpáti, Judit Farkas, Szilvia Perényi, Urška Kustura, Alain Massart, Mojca Doupona

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Il ruolo educativo ed umanizzante delle attività motorie in presenza di calamità naturali by Rosa Sgambelluri

“…Il lavoro vuole, inoltre, sottolineare il ruolo formativo di Special Olympics, la cui peculiarità educativa è rappresentata dalla capacità di migliorare la qualità di vita della persona coinvolta e dalla possibilità di creare una società più aperta ed accogliente per tutti. …”
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Reference Values of Grip Strength Measured with a Jamar Dynamometer in 1526 Adults with Intellectual Disabilities and Compared to Adults without Intellectual Disability. by Antonio Cuesta-Vargas, Thessa Hilgenkamp

“…The aim of this study was to investigate grip strength in a large sample of people with intellectual disabilities, to establish reference values for adults with intellectual disabilities (ID) and compare it to adults without intellectual disability.This study analysed pooled baseline data from two independent studies for all 1526 adults with ID: Special Olympics Funfitness Spain (n = 801) and the Dutch cross-sectional study 'Healthy aging and intellectual disabilities' (n = 725).The grip strength result of people with ID across gender and age subgroups is presented with CI95% values from higher 25.5-31.0 kg in male younger to lower 4.3-21.6 kg in female older.This study is the first to present grip strength results of a large sample of people with ID from 20-90 years of age. …”
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The Top 50 Most Cited Publications in Disability Sport: A Bibliometric Analysis by Khoo, Selina, Li, Chunxiao, Ansari, Payam

“…The most researched events were the Paralympics and Special Olympics. These top-cited publications have contributed to the development of disability sport research.…”

Predicting future volunteering intentions through a self-determination theory perspective by Wu, Y., Li, C., Khoo, S.

“…Using self-determination theory (SDT; Deci and Ryan 1985), we conducted a cross-sectional survey to test the relationship among competence, intrinsic motivation, job satisfaction, and intention to continue volunteering. A total of 180 Special Olympics volunteers from China participated in this study. …”

Opening the door to university health research: recommendations for increasing accessibility for individuals with intellectual disability by Brittany M. St. John, Emily Hickey, Edward Kastern, Chad Russell, Tina Russell, Ashley Mathy, Brogan Peterson, Don Wigington, Casey Pellien, Allison Caudill, Libby Hladik, Karla K. Ausderau

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Sport and self-concept of persons with intellectual disability by Boo, Xu Ning, Tan, Jocelyn Qian Yu, Vicky Vikneshri Puminathan

“…In particular, we look into 2 major sport events catered specifically to PID, namely, the Special Olympics (SO) and Unified Sports (UNS). We begin by discussing the definition and development of self-concept, followed by a review of studies looking at the positive and negative implications of sport on PID’s self-concept. …”
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Self-Advocacy in Inclusive Research by Courtney Krueger, Lieke van Heumen, Claire van den Helder

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Time-efficient physical activity intervention for older adolescents with disability: rationale and study protocol for the Burn 2 Learn adapted (B2La) cluster randomised controlled... by Angus A Leahy, Narelle Eather, Jordan J Smith, Chris Lonsdale, Michael Noetel, Sarah G Kennedy, David R Lubans, Christopher Oldmeadow, Charles H Hillman, Penny Reeves, Nora Shields, James Boyer, Toby J Kable, Leisl Stimpson, Pierre Comis, Laura Roche

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The relationship between cognitive and physical function among residents of a Czech senior home by Annelies Matthé, Donald N. Roberson, Yael Netz

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Sport-for-employability as an innovative practice in addressing youth underemployment in sub-Saharan Africa by Cora Burnett

“…About 4,000 of this population are from Special Olympics and comprise of youth with complex needs, while the baseline focus on 45 youth as part of the unified leadership initiative (partnering with a mainstream individual). …”
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Sexual attitudes of personnel who work with individuals with intellectual disability [Postoje personálu pracujícího s osobami s mentálním postižením vůči sexualitě] by Jana Divišová-Brettová, Dana Štěrbová

“…The purpose of this study was to examine, in the pilot study, the attitudes of schoolmasters toward the sexuality of persons with intellectual disability. From among Special Olympics participants, 20 persons (n = 20, 11 females and 9 males) were enrolled in this study. …”
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Game Changers: A participatory action research project for/with students with disabilities in school sport settings by Daniel B. Robinson, Sebastian Harenberg, William Walters, Joe Barrett, Anna Cudmore, Kelsey Fahie, Tricia Zakaria

“…Together, 27 students with various cognitive and/or intellectual disabilities (i.e., student-participants), their schools’ six physical education teachers and learning support teachers (i.e., champion-participants), four university researchers (i.e., researcher-participants), and two community partners [i.e., Physical and Health Education (PHE) Canada, Special Olympics Nova Scotia] engaged in the Game Changers project with three idealized goals: (a) to bring to the fore para/adapted/inclusive sport opportunities for all students; (b) to provide an empowering opportunity for students with disabilities to participate, make choices, and act as leaders in the development of sport programming; and (c) to engage youth with disabilities in sport as participants, leaders, mentors, and role models.MethodsUtilizing a mixed-methods design, data were collected from a variety of sources before the implementation of the Game Changers program, during its implementation, and once it was complete. …”
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Global variations in barriers to exercise for individuals with intellectual and developmental disability by Irene Chern, BS, Laura Tosi, MD

“…Methods: This retrospective review examined data collected by the Special Olympics Healthy Athletes Program across 193 countries, separated into seven regions, between February, 2007, and January, 2020. …”
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