Everybody Can Play
NIRSA and Special Olympics—the world’s largest provider of sports training and competition for people with intellectual disabilities—teamed up in 2016 to expand Special Olympics Unified Sports® programs and opportunities at participating NIRSA member colleges and universities throughout the United States.
In partnership with NIRSA, hundreds of colleges are providing Special Olympics Unified Sports intramural leagues on campus. These leagues are inspired by a simple principle: Training, playing, and competing together is a quick path to friendship, understanding, and meaningful inclusion.
Collegiate Unified Sports Resources
Special Olympics Unified Sports is an inclusive sports program that combines an approximately equal number of Special Olympics athletes (individuals with intellectual disabilities) and Unified partners (individuals without intellectual disabilities) on teams for training and competition.
Promoting Social Inclusion Through Sport
Learn about the different ways in which Special Olympics Programs and campus recreation departments can team up to create Unified Sports Intramural opportunities on campus.
Guides and Standards
Through inclusive opportunities, such as College Clubs and Unified Intramural Sports, young adults with and without intellectual disabilities build friendships and lead the social inclusion movement of Special Olympics on college campuses.
