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incorporating SO
The Joseph P. Kennedy Foundation incorporated Speical Olympics after being started in Eunice Kennedy Shriver's backyard as a day camp in the lat '60s. -
First Event for SOCO
Special Olympics Colorado held their first event at Aurora Hinkley High School -
IOC and SO
International Olympic Committee officially recognized Special Olympics -
ADA
Americans with Disabilities Act
to ensure their education and attemet to end discrimination -
R-word.org
r-word.org website was launched -
Taking a Stand
people with and without intellectual disabilities campaigned against "Tropic Thunder" and their use of the r-word -
Rosa's Law
the medical term "mental retardation/mentally retarted" was officially changed to "individual with an intellectual disability/intellectual disbility" by President Obama