MCM College: Promoting Social Inclusion Through Sports
 
 
 
 
 
 
To promote social inclusion through shared sports training and competition experiences, MCM College adopted the Unified Sports approach in the community peer education this academic year. In early September, Macau Special Olympics representatives were invited to the college to provide six sessions of “Unified Sports Partner Program” introductory and experiential workshops for the students. Interested students were encouraged to join this program voluntarily from mid-September to the end of November. Until now, over 60 students have joined this program which included a variety of sport items, e.g. badminton, bocce, bowling, golf, and ice-skating.
Team sports bring people together. Special Olympics Unified Sports teams do that, too and much more. This program empowers individuals with and without intellectual disabilities to engage through the power of sports. It brings together athletes with intellectual disabilities and athletes without intellectual disabilities to train and compete on the same team. Volunteers can improve their physical fitness, sharpen their skills, and learn acceptance and inclusion while participating in Unified Sports. The primary goal of Unified Sports is to equalize the ability level of Special Olympics athletes with their partners and break down stereotypes about people with intellectual disabilities.
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