Unified Sports in Darien
Monday, April 4 at 7pm, Darien High School, Room A 206
Parents and students, please join Darien Athletic Director, Chris Manfredonia, and President of Special Olympics Connecticut and founder of Unified Sports, Beau Doherty, for a presentation on Darien’s newly established Special Olympics Unified Sports program.
Unified Sports brings together individuals with and without disabilities to inspire inclusion and respect for everyone on and off the field. It is a program that combines approximately equal numbers of athletes with and without a disability on sports teams for training and competition.
Chris Manfredonia will explain the Unified Sports program at Darien High School that began with basketball and continues now with Track and Field. Beau Doherty will highlight the benefits of high school Unified Sports, which include:
• Positive social interaction between students with disabilities and those without
• Ties that develop into friendships on and off the playing field
• New friendships, improved self-esteem and positive changes in attitudes, behavior and performance
• Inclusive school communities where the values of tolerance, patience and sensitivity are the cornerstones.
Through Special Olympics Connecticut’s partnership with the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC), Special Olympics Unified Sports is offered in more than 245 elementary, middle and high schools across the state. Unified Sports is also growing globally.
Please RSVP to Darien SEPAC by April 1 at dariensepac@gmail.com.
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