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    What's so special?

    MARCH 25, 2011 10:12PM

    By Vivian Henoch


    Topics: hot video, down syndrome, scrabble, chess, family life, figure skating, bar/bat mitvah, twins, chicago, special gifts theatre, special olympics, exceptional families, special gifts

    • 13 Ratings
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    Repost: The word isn't damaging, the people who use it are!

    JULY 31, 2010 7:03AM

    By Geraint Isitt


    Topics: special olympics, ben stiller, robert downey jr, autism, real champions

    • 1 Ratings
    • 324 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Rahm Emanual’s Retarded Comment

    FEBRUARY 4, 2010 11:37AM

    By Natalie Holder-Winfield


    Topics: special olympics, diversity, retard, disability, rahm emanual

    • 11 Ratings
    • 690 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    The R Word

    JANUARY 31, 2010 2:57PM

    By Liane Carter


    Topics: politics, wall street journal, rahm emanuel, thomas friedman, charlie rose, cnn, afghanistan, disability, special olympics, special needs, autism

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    • 2132 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Eunice Kennedy Shriver, 88, Champion of Special Olympics

    AUGUST 11, 2009 10:09AM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: politics, political families, legacy, hyannis, hyannisport, massachusetts, joseph p. kennedy, rose fitzgerald kennedy, presidential medal of freedom, ted kennedy, senator edward kennedy, robert kennedy, john f. kennedy, jfk, arnold schwarzenneger, maria shriver, sargent shriver, obituaries, special olympics, kennedy family, eunice kennedy shriver

    • 14 Ratings
    • 972 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    The word isn't damaging, the people who use it are.

    AUGUST 1, 2009 8:35AM

    By Geraint Isitt


    Topics: autism, special olympics, robert downey jr, ben stiller

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    • 17 Ratings
    • 1707 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    An Apology, Some Complaints, and an Unexpected Defense

    MARCH 24, 2009 6:25AM

    By Mortimer Hayden Smyth


    Topics: mortimer hayden smyth, gop, republican, hip-hop, apology, rush limbaugh, aig, bonus, bailout, president, obama, special olympics, politics

    • 13 Ratings
    • 6288 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    Report from a Polar Bear Plunge: Seaside Heights, NJ

    FEBRUARY 28, 2009 7:06PM

    By Scruffus


    Topics: special olympics, new jersey, seaside heights, polar bear plunge

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