Ideas change everything

Special Olympics let me be myself -- a champion

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Matthew Williams |

TEDxVancouver

• November 2015

How much do you know about intellectual disabilities? Special Olympics champion and ambassador Matthew Williams is proof that athletic competition and the camaraderie it fosters can transform lives, both on and off the field. Together with his fellow athletes, he invites you to join him at the next meet -- and challenges you to walk away with your heart unchanged.

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How much do you know about intellectual disabilities? Special Olympics champion and ambassador Matthew Williams is proof that athletic competition and the camaraderie it fosters can transform lives, both on and off the field. Together with his fellow athletes, he invites you to join him at the next meet -- and challenges you to walk away with your heart unchanged.

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Matthew Williams

Special Olympics International Sargent Shriver Global Messenger

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Matthew Williams believes that sport has the power to change lives.

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