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Mr Harpreet Singh emphasised on the issue of intellectual disability in his presentation at Maidan Summit 2011. Highlighting the scale of Special Olympics Bharat, the second largest Special Olympics programme in the world which reaches out to all 600 districts in India, he shared that Special Olympics is perhaps the biggest movement that inclusively engages men and women through sport. He further added that these sport activities do not encourage physical contact and rely on equal opportunities. He supported the view that sport programmes are a great adhesive, and help connect people. Sharing his experience with sport at the Special Olympics, he detailed out the power of sports as a tool to build up greater respect, acceptance, inclusion and human dignity.
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Defining Intellectual Disability and
Its Implications for Schools, Communities & the Courts
March 11, 2011
Harpreet Singh
Manager, Organizational Development
Special Olympics Asia Pacific
Can you tell if someone has an intellectual disability just by
looking at them?
#1 #2 #3
Which of these people has an intellectual disability?
#2 #3
Young man with a
seizure disorder but
no intellectual
disability
Man with Down
syndrome
Man with a physical
impairment, but no
cognitive impairment
#1
Which of these people has an intellectual disability?
Which of these people has an intellectual disability?
#1 #2 #3
#1 #2 #3
Inuit man, no known
disability
Woman from Mongolia,
no known disability
Adult woman with an
intellectual disability
#3
Which of these people has an intellectual disability?
#1 #2 #3
Which of these people has an intellectual disability?
#1 #2 #3
Adult man with an
intellectual disability
Minnesota park ranger,
no known disability
#3
Ph.D. psychologist,
no known disability
Which of these people has an intellectual disability?
#1 #2 #3
Which of these people has an intellectual disability?
#1 #2 #3
Man with an
intellectual disability
Man with no known
disability
Man with an
intellectual disability
Which of these people has an intellectual disability?
