research shows benefits of special olympics
special olypics is a program that helps people with intellectual disabilities participate in sports. more that two milion athletes are a part of this program . special olypics offers year-round training and competition in 26 diffrent sports. these athletes are all ages and come from 150 different countries around the world
The recent research shows benefits of special olympics athletes have a lot in commom with other athletes. for example, special olypics athletes like the social experiences in sports. Teammates often become good friends. More that half of the athletes meet their teammates outside of sports.like other atletes , special olypics athletes play sport because they like to compete. they are serious about their sports and don't want pity or special treatment.
in general,the research shows that disabled athletes do sports for the same reason as non-disabled athletes. Even athletes who leave special olympics are still pleased with their special olympics experience. most would participate again if the could