Our parent organization, Olivia Douglas Support Services BC, released a paper on the effects of domestic violence in Special Olympics, where we go into behaviours that are problematic, discuss the causes of them, look at actual domestic violence cases regarding Special Olympics athletes, and demonstrate solutions to the violence epidemic.
Bullying is a pervasive problem in Special Olympics, and every athlete has had experiences with bullying from other athletes and coaches. Bullying and harassment takes the promise of fun, fair play, and turns it into carcass of its aim, a parody of itself, a total display of ineptitude, and a very ironic end result. We at Crosswinds advocate for effective behaviour support for positive community inclusion, and enabling physical, verbal, and sexual violence is never okay.
Click the button below to read our paper on domestic violence in Special Olympics.