It'd be nice to see special athletic events in the Olympics or in friendlies between typical athletes and athletes with special needs. My prof loves telling us about the time when our special olympics soccer team played against a college's soccer team and trashed them soundly. It really does help with showing people that children and adults with any kinds of special needs really aren't THAT different and its good for paving the way to a more inclusive society.

However, knowing what the Special Olympics offers to children with special needs, I feel its very important for it to remain. The Young Athletes' Program is really great for kids with special needs. These kids are often the very first ones to lose out on sports participation so having a program that gets them started on sports very early and remain in sports is critical to their success later on in life.