Studying sports and disability, he laid the groundwork for the Special Olympics

Studying sports and disability, he laid the groundwork for the Special Olympics

On a sweltering July day in 1968, 1,000 young athletes gathered at Soldier Field in Chicago, where they ran, jumped, threw balls and swam. Few spectators were there to witness the inaugural Special Olympics International Summer Games. But the competitors, all boys and girls with intellectual disabi...

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