How disabled people benefit from Special Olympics

IN response to your feature article headlined ‘Special Needs Simply Not Met’ (June 23), your reporter referred to the 2003 World Summer Games and inferred that people with intellectual disabilities have not benefited from the legacy of the event.

Special Olympics Ireland is a year-round sports training and competition programme for people with a learning disability.

Since the games in 2003, Special Olympics Ireland has worked incredibly hard to reinforce this message so as to change attitudes towards our athletes, to highlight their successes and to engage more athletes, families and volunteers.