Unstoppable Spirit

      Welcome to this week's blog post, the topic for this week is my opinion on whether or not the Special Olympics should remain separate from the Paralympics. As well as whether or not I believe individuals with an intellectual disability should be allowed to participate in Paralympic events. Primarily, I believe these questions come down to fairness and overall experience for the athletes of both the Special Olympics and the Paralympics. In my opinion, I think the two organizations should remain separate from each other, mostly due to them having completely different fundamental goals.       Now of course both organizations pride themselves on ensuring fairness for all of their athletes, although it is the other ways the Paralympics is designed that differs greatly from the Special Olympics. What I mean by this is that the Paralympics is engineered to be an elite level high performance competition, where athletes train at maximum effort to meet str...

     Hello and welcome to this week's blog post, the topic oof this is the overall benefits of joining a sport or adaptive sport. As well as some suggestions of my favorite sports I recommend participating in. Some of the key benefits that are going to be discussed are learning teamwork, making lifelong friends, communication skills, and overall health.       First benefit is learning how to be on a team and teamwork, this is an extremely important skill for a lot of aspects in life. This benefit is also great at building self-confidence as well as feeling a sense of unity due to having a whole team that has your back. Another benefit is making lifelong friends from teammates and opponents. Making these friends leads to your brain releasing dopamine, which of course is fantastic for your overall mental health. To piggyback off of the previous two benefits mentioned is learning communication skills. Being on a sports team, you are forced to communicate ...