Special Olympics Vermont

This past Saturday, Special Olympics Vermont was proud to offer three Healthy Athletes® disciplines to our athletes: Special Smiles®, Healthy Hearing®, and Health Promotion®. Across these programs, our dedicated volunteers conducted an incredible 231 health screenings, helping athletes gain access to important health services and education that can have a lasting impact on their...

In preparation for USA Games, the Team Vermont swim team took on an added sugar challenge—building awareness, reading labels, and tracking their intake over two weeks. Along the way, they learned that daily limits for added sugar are 25 grams for women and 36 grams for men. As they tracked their meals, the athletes began to recognize both obvious and hidden sources of sugar—from...

Kate Bove, one of Special Olympics Vermont’s inspiring Health Messengers, is being recognized on a national stage through her inclusion in a supplement published by the American Journal of Public Health. Her feature highlights the importance of athlete leadership in advancing inclusive health and wellness efforts while amplifying the voices of individuals with intellectual disab...