What is Special Olympics?
{{Update|date=March 2019}} {{For|global sports competitions organized by Special Olympics|Special Olympics World Games}} {{Infobox organization | logo = | logo_size = 250px | type = | language = [[English language|English]] <br /> {{small|and the host country's official language when necessary}} | key_people = [[Timothy Shriver]] <small>([[Chairman of the Board]])</small><br> [[Mary Davis (activist)|Mary Davis]] <small> (Chief Executive Officer)</small><br> [[William P. Alford]] <small> (Lead Director & Vice Chair)</small><br>Angelo Moratti <small> (Vice Chair)</small><br>[[Loretta Claiborne]]<small> (Vice Chair)</small><br> [[Michelle Kwan]] <small> (Treasurer)</small><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.specialolympics.org/Sections/Who_We_Are/Board_of_Directors.aspx |title=Special Olympics Board of Directors |work=specialolympics.org |access-date=July 16, 2018}}</ref> | footnotes = | name = Special Olympics | founded_date = {{start date and age|1968|7|20}} | founder = [[Eunice Kennedy Shriver]] | location = 1133 19th Street, N.W., [[Washington, D.C.]], [[United States|U.S.]] 20036 | origins = Camp Shriver | area_served = International | product = | mission = | focus = | method = | revenue = | endowment = | num_volunteers = | num_employees = | num_members = | owner = | homepage = {{official|https://www.specialolympics.org}} | dissolved = }} [[File:Special Olympian Diona Bell dashes by a group of U.S. Airmen to win the gold medal in the 100-meter run at the Mississippi Special Olympics Summer Games, hosted by Keesler Air Force Base (AFB) in Biloxi, Miss. 110514-F-BD983-011.jpg|thumb|right|250px|{{Center|Diona Bell winning the [[Medal|gold medal]] in the 100-meter run at the [[Mississippi]] Special Olympics Summer Games, 2011}}]] '''Special Olympics''' is the world's largest sports organization for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. It pro