Program areas at Special Olympics New York
Games and competitions: sony provided training and competition sport seasons (winter, summer, and fall). The individuals served by sony range in age from 2 years to 90 years and have been diagnosed with an intellectual disability or a cognitive delay. Competitions are held in nine regions around the state. Athletes advance from local competition to regional, super-regional, and statewide competitions in each of the three seasons with potential advancement to national and world games available in all 23 sports. Sony hosted 178 competitive events for a total of 217,008 regional service hours, 69,024 state games service hours, and 2,202,406 public school service hours in the 2023 program year.
Athlete and coach's education and health services: the sony 'healthyathletes' program offered 1,618 health screenings that provided themwith the opportunity to meet with health professionals across multipledisciplines including: hearing, dental, optometry, nutrition,occupational therapy, podiatry, fitness, nutrition and physical therapyfor the purpose of evaluation and consultation. Sony offered an'athlete leadership' program for athletes who are gaining skills aspublic speakers by sharing our Special Olympics movement through publicoutlets. Sony engages a total of 20,675 volunteers; 5,818 who areformally certified as coaches. In 2023, sony held 881 volunteertraining sessions for a total of 8,820 training hours. All certified personnel receive a general orientation, a background check, and specialized protective behavior training. Each certified volunteer is recertified every 3 years.
Athletes training: sony athletes train with coaches and certified volunteers for a total of 2,293,694 service hours. Sony provided service to athletes across multiple initiatives. Athletes were trained and educated in the following traditional sports during 2022 (all in athlete numbers): alpine skiing 261, athletics (track & field) 26,461; basketball 15,583; bocce 12,387; bowling 19,434; cycling - 71; cross country running 52; cross country skiing 34; equestrian - 109; figure skating - 56; fitness 4,579; fl:ag football 834; floor hockey 9357; floorball 370; soccer 14,050; golf 1,763; gymnastics - 96; matp 989; power lifting - 203; snow boarding - 15; snow shoeing - 349; softball 3,243; swimming 1,147; tennis 1,140; volleyball 2,474; e sports 124;young athletes 2,991; project unify athletes 6,214, partners 4,808.