âI still canât believe it, I canât say how happy I am. Iâm really, really, really happy,âSwiss âSilver Bulletâ Marcel Hugfinally grabbed the Paralympic gold medal he has been waiting for, winning the 800m T54 at Rio...
More Bahman Golbarnezhad died following a crash in the men’s C4-5 road race on Saturday. Story and photo courtesy of REUTERS The Rio 2016 Paralympic Games were brought to a close inside a packed Maracana Stadium on Sunday...
More The Queen has praised the performance of Britain’s Paralympics team at Rio 2016 as “magnificent” as the athletes returned to the UK on a special flight. Parades to celebrate the country’s Olympic and Paralympic...
More Paralympic swimmer Jessica Long poses for a portrait at the 2016 Team USA Media Summit in Beverly Hills, CaliforniaŠ ⢠Getty Images US Paralympics has announced its full team competing at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, held 7-18...
More The giant flag was divided into seven pieces to be transported up to the Christ statue Š ⢠Rio 2016/Alex Ferro. By Rio 2016 Giant mosaic made up of 500 flags designed by local schoolchildren goes on show ahead of official...
More (L-R) Amanda McGrory, Tatyana McFadden and Chelsea McClammer swept the podium twice during Team USA’s 115-medal haul at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Photo courtesy of Getty Images Team USA wrapped up the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, having...
More Photo Courtesy of Joe Kusumoto Two new Paralympic champions were crowned at Olympic Stadium Wednesday as Team USA added five medals to its tally, including two gold, and smashed a world record.
More Photo Credit: Freddie B. Photography⢠SpecialNeeds.com was able to attend several of the locations where the games were being held, ranging from USC, Los Angeles Equestrian Center, and Alamitos Beach in Long Beach. I will take you on a brief...
More Photo Credit: Freddie B. Photography⢠The USC Campus, home of the Trojans basketball teams, is on a break, and itâs a good thing because they have some pretty fierce competition on their courts.
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Photo Credit: Freddie B. Photography⢠Last but not least, DAY 7 Special Olympics,
More Photo Credit: Freddie B. Photography⢠The Special Olympic World Games LA 2015 depend so much on the volunteers who take on dozens of jobs and responsibilities to help make it a success. This week, I was honored to interview Mayor Lucy Martin...
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Calabasas and Thousand Oaks , Host Towns, Participate in celebrating the âFlame Of Hope” SpecialNeeds.com supports the Special Olympics World Games Los Angels 2015 by donating articles, video, and photos of athletes, volunteers...
More Ever since I started interviewing the âReal Heroesâ of the Special Olympics, it seems like I run into people involved in the games everywhere I go!
More SpecialNeeds.com has been a proud supporter of the Special Olympics World Games LA2015. In taking on this job I have met some truly amazing people, whom I call real heroes of our modern times. I interviewed two such men today at the City Hall of...
More The Websterâs dictionary definition of the word reject is: 1 to refuse to accept, recognize, believe, etc. 2 To refuse to grant: deny, as a petition. 3 To refuse (a person) recognition, acceptance, etc. 4. To expel; react against physiologically...
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As they are nearing the end of an amazing week of fundraising for the Special Olympic World Games LA 2015, I met with one of the organizers of the campaign, Megan Furey, Marketing and Communications Manager. She told me that not only are they...
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âWe wanted to use technology to create fun educational tools that are simple for educators and parents to customize, that would reinforce the lessons being taught in the classrooms and that would effectively engage children.â — Nish Parikh...
More Hello, Iâm Robin Flutterby Borakove, high functioning adult with special needs, now a correspondent for SpecialNeeds.com, covering the Special Olympics World Games and other amazing events. I invite you to follow my blog and learn about my quest...
More Seeing the world through my eyes is amazing for several reasons, but itâs also been one of my biggest challenges. For most people, all sound information projects up to a certain part of our brain, the auditory cortex.For me, all information...
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What a treat for this correspondent to be part of todayâs press conference. April 16th 2015 marks â100 Daysâ until the Special Olympics World Games kicks off this July. As everyone gathered to hear from former Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa...
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When Anita was a child she was not given the opportunity to play sports. She grew up with 3 brothers and was the only girl on her block. She substituted sports with music, finding a place in the choir, which gave her the âteamâ experience, but...
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