This is a picture of me, my friends, and Chris. Chris is an athlete on the Special Olympics team at my high school. He qualified for State this past year for long jump. We took this picture right after he placed first and won a gold medal for State. I chose to use this picture as my first primary artifact because the community I am doing my documentary on is Special Olympics. A broader issue that I will be addressing is the funding that goes towards Special Olympics. I have decided to research this topic because I worked with Special Olympic athletes all four years of my high school career. Through out those four years I found out that my school did not provide any funding for this recreation at all. I see this as a problem because students with intellectual disabilities that participate in Special Olympics receive many benefits with health, education, and employment. If Special Olympics had more funding available then I believe so many more children and adults with intellectual disabilities would be more effected in a positive way.
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