The Ninth Special Olympics World Summer Games were held in New Haven, Connecticut, USA on July 1-9 1995.
While conducting RTÉ NSO, he conducted the orchestra in front of over 80,000 people at the spectacular opening ceremony of The Special Olympics World Games in 2003.
Paralympic judo has been a Paralympic sport (for the visually impaired) since 1988; it is also one of the sports at the Special Olympics.
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The sixth Special Olympics Summer World Games were held in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on the campus of Louisiana State University from July 12–18, 1983.