Athletes
Special Olympics South Carolina welcomes people of all ages and ability to participate in our programs and athlete involvement is always free.
Traditional 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
- or a closely related developmental disability which means functional limitations in both general learning and adaptive skills
Athletesmustregister by completing and returning an athlete participation form
and register as a Special Olympics athlete through your local program.
