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Post by Dabbit on Jul 26, 2009 12:44:42 GMT -5
I knew there was the Olympics with fully abled people, I also knew there was the paralympics with disabled people, but I never knew there was an Olympics called 'Special' which was competed by people with 'learning difficulties'. But whay is it so late after the 'normal' Olympics I wonder? is this a case of pushing those with problems to the rear? Anyway - a web site I found is at www.specialolympics.org/
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Post by Mark on Jul 27, 2009 11:16:01 GMT -5
Well, I think to get an answer to that question, you'd have to go to the people who are behind the Special Olympics to get a good one. Personally, and this is just my thinking on the subject. I would have it at a different time on purpose so that the regular Olympics doesn't take away from the Special one. Also, I don't look at the time as being particularly 'after' the regular Olympics anyway. Perhaps they are 'earlier' - depends on how you look at it. For example, the Special Olympics Winter games were held in 2009, while the next regular Olympic Winter games will be held in 2010, and the next Summer Special Olympics will be in 2011 while the regular Olympic games will next be in 2012, so which is first and which is second depends on one's perspective, to make a short story long...
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