Become an Athlete

To be eligible to participate in Special Olympics, athletes must be at least 8 years old and identified by an agency or medical professional as having one of the following conditions:

+ Intellectual disability

+ Cognitive delay as determined by standardized measures such as intelligence quotient or other accepted measures

+ A closely related developmental disability which means functional limitations in both general learning and adaptive skills

Athletes who qualify as a traditional athlete must register by completing and returning an athlete participation form (below) and return it to our Sports Director, Jim Lewis.