Special Olympics
 The
mission of Special Olympics is to provide year round sport
training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympics-type
sports for children and adults with mental retardation, giving
them the opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate
courage, experience joy and participate in the sharing of
gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special
Olympic athletes and the community.
Find out more: Special Olympics of North Carolina
Persons who are eight and above who are considered
to have mental retardation as determined by their localities.
If the person is identified as having a developmental disability
with functional limitations in both general learning and adaptive
skills, it must still be determined by an agency or a professional
whether or not the functional limitations are solely due to
mental retardation or a closely related developmental disability.
Special Olympics is founded on the belief that
people with mental retardation can, with proper instruction
and encouragement, learn, enjoy, and benefit from participation
in individual and team sports.
Coordinator: Dennis Toon
Phone: (828) 684-5072
Fax: (828) 684-0774
E-mail: dennis.toon@buncombecounty.org Mailing Address:
49 Mount Carmel Road,
Asheville, NC 28806 |
