This 18 Feb 2010 news item describes a meeting between delegations of a community development group and a segregated sports club in Dubai, with the stated purpose “to strengthen the standards of social services and integrate those most vulnerable in society.”
It is interesting that a community development group would get involved with a human service program. At the same time, the sports club seems from the article to be a segregated one.
Has anyone ever written anything re a critical analysis of the special olympics?
Dr. Wolfensberger wrote an article entitled “Of ‘normalization,’ lifestyles, the Special Olympics, deinstitutionalization, mainstreaming, integration, and cabbages and kings.” It was published in 1995. Reference is: Mental Retardation. 1995 Apr;33(2):128-31.