if not what other disabilities would qualify ?
what about undiagnosed disabilities?
what about someone who has physical problems like with moter skills or developmental delays witch doctors think may be from /an affect with epilepsy/non convulsive seizure disorder
like they know that's there is a problem and the symptoms but you don have a diagnoses
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Answer by Nightwind: Mwa ha ha!
Special Olympics is for people with intellectual disabilities.
The Paralympic games are for people with physical disabilities.
I don't understand how you can have an undiagnosed disability. Maybe the cause is undiagnosed, but you either have a disability or you don't. No one says "I *might* not be able to walk, but I'm not sure."
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there are wheelchair ( and ambulatory) sports for people with or without intellectual disability (most do not have intellectual disability)
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as long as you can verify the impairment, you should be able to participate with an 'undetermined' diagnosis..but you do need to be medically stable
some people who participate in local, regional, and national wheelchair sports do go on to paralympics----but there are community teams available in addition to paralympics
developmental delay can refer to things other than intellectual disability...generally people with PHYSICAL DISABILITY only cannot compete in special olympics.....i have heard there is one small subgroup...but they do not fully participate
There are conditions that docs cannot pin point...but they can give a non specific diagnosis of intellectual disability or seizure disorder, unspecified
Yes those disability's all qualify for participating in the special olympics. I believe most disabled people who participate in special olympics are in a program or in special education . Already receiving services that will participate . their is no age limit either. It is always voluntary for each individual. People will have all types of disabilities , their is no limit on what a person may be disabled with.
ReplyDeleteTo be a Special Olympics athlete you must have an intellectual disability. The intellectually disabled athlete can have other additional disabilities as well but an intellectual disability diagnosed prior to age 18 must be present. The only exception to this is when the sport is a team sport. Apparently, people without intellectual disabilities can take part in team sport competitions as long as some of the team members do have intellectual disabilities. http://specialolympics.org .
ReplyDeleteI am a certified-registered Special Olympics Coach for Track And Field Events.
ReplyDeleteSpecial Olympics (SO) is for people with intellectual Disabilities. All participants are required to submit valid medical and release forms. Participant's medical release form need to have an official medical diagnosis of an intellectual Disability.
Special Olympics has a program called Unified Sports which allows with people intellectual Disabilities and people without intellectual Disabilities to compete together on teams. There is no such thing called "unified teams" in connection with the Special Olympics Unified Sports program. The teams are called Unified Sports teams in connection with the Special Olympics Unified Sports program.
Special Olympics also has a program called Motor Activity Training Program (MATP) which allows people with severe intellectual Disabilities or profound intellectual Disabilities including people with significant physical Disabilities to participate in sport-specific activities that is designed for a person's abilities. All participants need to have a diagnosis of an intellectual Disability.
Participants with an intellectual Disability and also uses a manual wheelchair or an electric wheelchair are allowed to compete in the Special Olympics.
Participants with an intellectual Disability and also with an epilepsy/non convulsive seizure disorder are allowed to compete in the Special Olympics.
http://www.specialolympics.org/
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No diagnosis, no special olympics - it's that simple. You must have many doctors forms filled out before you can participate.
ReplyDeleteYes. The Athlete has to have an medical official diagnosis of being a person with an intellectual disability. Not all athletes are physically disabled however some are. I don't know about those who are paralyzed. Special Olympics has many sports for the athletes to participate in.
ReplyDeleteI am an athlete in Special Olympics. I qualified because of my official medical diagnosis of being a slow learner. I don't come across as someone who has an intellectual disability so it sometimes confuses those who are volunteers in Special Olympics.