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PJ Benesh from Horseheads High School wrote about his experience playing Unified. Read all about it in this essay.

New York City, NY – Special Olympics New York President & CEO Stacey Hengsterman today highlighted a need for greater inclusion of students with disabilities in New York City schools, submitting testimony for a preliminary budget hearing of the New York City Council’s Committee on Education.

We have taken everything we knew from our first 50 years as one of the country’s largest Special Olympics chapters, added the incredible lessons learned throughout the most devastating health pandemic of our lifetime, and created a plan to be the best version of ourselves that we can be: for our current athletes and for those we have yet to meet.

Country’s Largest State Chapter Aims to Reach 71,000 Athletes with Life Changing Programs by 2025 NYC Targeted for Growth in Response to Urgent Need Among People with Intellectual Disabilities

Jersey Mike’s Subs franchises throughout the state are dedicating support for Team New York this March during the company’s 12th annual “Month of Giving” campaign.

Special Olympics New York President & CEO Stacey Hengsterman today announced that in addition to hosting the State Winter Games in Syracuse later this month, Onondaga County has emerged as lead sponsor, allocating $15,000 of legislative support to offset the nonprofit’s cost for the Games.

Four Newark High School students and their Unified Sports coach joined Special Olympics New York leaders this week for 2022 Capitol Hill Day.

SEFCU will donate to Special Olympics NY for every medal won by the USA at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Local Leaders and Athletes Invite the Community to Get in on the Games Action Syracuse, NY – Special Olympics New York President & CEO Stacey Hengsterman, State Senator John W. Mannion, Onondaga County Executive J. Ryan McMahon, II and local Special Olympics athletes today announced that Syracuse will host the 2022 State Winter Games Feb. 25 – 26 at sporting venues throughout the area.

Special Olympics NY and ACA/NY have announced a new partnership aimed at tackling health disparities for people with disabilities.

While the Omicron variant has sparked a resurgence of Covid-19 cases, the team at Special Olympics New York hasn’t stayed idle. They’ve created a new virtual opportunity for athletes all over the state.

How do three pairs of siblings, with each pair having one sibling with a disability and one without, play on the same team at the same school? Unified Sports is how. And the school: Newark High.