Olimpíadas Especiales Argentina
Special Olympics Argentina is a non-profit civil association with national reach and 40 years of experience in Argentina, belonging to the international Special Olympics movement, present in more than 170 countries. WE WORK TO PROMOTE THE INCLUSION AND EXERCISE OF THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES, TO TRANSFORM THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE AND THAT OF THEIR FAMILIES, THROUGH SPORT, TRAINING AND AWARENESS OF THE COMMUNITY, GENERATING WORKING NETWORK WITH ORGANIZATIONS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, DURING THE WHOLE YEAR AND FREE OF CHARGE.
THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS ARGENTINA PROGRAMS
We focus on bringing different Programs to schools, clubs and various spaces of local communities in different provinces of the country. Sport is the excuse to promote the full inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities.
• SPORTS AND UNIFIED SPORTS PROGRAM®
• SMALL ATHLETES PROGRAM
• UNIFIED SCHOOLS PROGRAM
• INCLUSIVE YOUTH ACTIVATION AND YOUTH LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
• ATHLETE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
• FAMILY PROGRAM
• HEALTHY ATHLETES PROGRAM
We are working on the following areas of action:
QUALITY OF LIFE - Empowerment of athletes: We promote the training and involvement of athletes so that they occupy significant roles on and off the sports field. Skills based training and competition provide the foundation for continued athlete leadership. By engaging IDPs as leaders we seek to improve their quality of life and change perceptions about what they can do.
INCLUSION - “Unified” approach: This approach cuts across all our areas of action and promotes the unity of people with and without intellectual disabilities, training and competing in team sports and jointly leading inclusive projects in their communities.
TRAINING - Community training: We implement training activities: courses, training and workshops for athletes, young students, coaches, teachers and families, for companies and other actors from organizations throughout the country. The awareness and involvement of the entire community is key to generating significant opportunities for IDPs, to improve practices and spaces for coexistence and exchange.
RIGHTS - Access to information: We disseminate accessible and relevant information for the well-being of IDPs, in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, whose purpose is to promote, protect and ensure that all persons with disabilities can fully enjoy of their human rights and fundamental freedoms like others and likewise promote respect for their intrinsic dignity.
Advocacy in public policies: We participate in spaces for reflection to make visible problems that affect IDPs, seeking to influence public policies. We promote spaces for IDPs to share their voices under frameworks of rights and a dignified response.
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Inclusive leadership
DID YOU KNOW THAT PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES ARE ONE OF THE MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS? We need you so that more people with intellectual disabilities transform their quality of life through inclusive leadership. INCLUSIVE LEADERSHIP is a crosscutting approach to all Special Olympics initiatives. The goal is to create environments in which people with intellectual disabilities have access to more and better opportunities to develop meaningful roles. Sport-based skills provide the foundation for continued athlete leadership. We are working to enhance skills, provide opportunities and promote the leadership of athletes, mainly through the following Programs: SPORTS AND UNIFIED SPORTS PROGRAM®, ATHLETES LEADERSHIP PROGRAM AND UNIFIED SCHOOLS PROGRAM.