Which country hosted the first "Special Olympics"

Concept:

Special Olympics:

• Special Olympics is the world's largest sports organisation for children and adults with intellectual disabilities and physical disabilities, providing year-round training and activities to 5 million participants and Unified Sports partners in 172 countries.

Explanation:

• The Special Olympics World Games is a major event put on by the Special Olympics committee.
• The World Games alternate between summer and winter games, in two-year cycles, recurring every fourth year.
• The first games were held on July 20, 1968, in Chicago, Illinois, USA, with about 1000 athletes from the U.S. and Canada.
• At those first games, honorary event chair Eunice Kennedy Shriver announced the formation of the Special Olympics organization. International participation expanded in subsequent games.

Thus, America hosted the first, "Special Olympics".

Additional Information

• Like the International Paralympic Committee, the Special Olympics organization is recognized by the International Olympic Committee.
• However, unlike the Paralympic Games, Special Olympics World Games are not held in the same year nor in conjunction with the Olympic Games.