Sign up to join a local team or individual sport. Special Olympics Massachusetts has teams for every age and skill level. Everyone is placed in a division that provides quality, evenly matched competition. To prepare for game day, local coaches run training sessions throughout the season building sport-based skills, team camaraderie, and a local social network for athletes, unified partners, and their families.
All coaches have access to training including sport-specific skills, working with athletes with disabilities and autism, concussion prevention and awareness, and Unified sports.
Athletes who competed last year
Unified Partners who competed last year
Coaches in Massachusetts
Annual competitions
Special Olympics Unified Sports brings together athletes with and without intellectual disabilities to train and compete on the same team. A primary goal of Unified Sports is to equalize the ability level of Special Olympics athletes with their partners and to promote inclusion through team practice and competition.
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Traditional Special Olympics sports are designed specifically for athletes with intellectual disabilities to compete with and against each other. This was the original model designed by Eunice Kennedy Shriver and put in place starting in 1968. Many parents find this is a great model for their athletes’ first special Olympics experience.
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The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) works alongside Special Olympics Massachusetts to promote Unified Sports through the Unified Champion Schools Program. Currently, the partnership supports interscholastic Unified basketball each fall and Unified track & field each spring. Additionally, Special Olympics Massachusetts partners with the MASC to offer a number of Unified Bocce tournaments throughout the school year.
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Stefanie Curtis moved from Germany to the U.S. at 12, facing language barriers and loneliness. Through Special Olympics, she discovered confidence and a chosen family that has helped her reach the 2026 USA Games!
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After stepping up from player to coach, Kyle Stokes led the Seven Hills Panthers through a season of big changes. Despite early losses, the team stayed determined and earned an exciting first win!
Gold at States. Tears in the room. And a surprise announcement from Derrick White. The Cambridge Warriors are headed back to the USA Games—led by two 2014 veterans ready to guide a new generation and finish what they started.
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