Special Olympics Indiana, founded in 1969, is a nonprofit part of the global Special Olympics movement, using sport, health, education, and leadership programs to end discrimination against and empower people with intellectual disabilities. With over 19,000 athletes and Unified partners, supported by 10,000 coaches and volunteers, we rely entirely on donations. We use sport as a catalyst for social change, exposing inequity and highlighting the abilities of people with intellectual disabilities to break down misperceptions and negative attitudes.
Our mission is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, offering them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.
