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50 Game Changers
Andre Drummond
Andre Drummond dunking the ball during a game. Both teams and an audience are in the background.
Before he was an All-Star center for the NBA’s Detroit Pistons, Andre Drummond faced bullying and rejection as a child.
Make Your Pledge for Inclusion
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Be a teammate. Be a friend. Welcome someone who has been left out. Sit next to someone alone at lunch. Say hello to someone in the hallway. There are so many ways to spread inclusion. Choose yours. Make a pledge and start today. Join us to make inclusion a reality for all people with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities. Make your pledge below.

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R-Word Archive
Relive the first 10 years of our movement as we worked to eliminate the deregoatory use of the r-word from every day conversation.
R-Word Resource Archive
The Effects of the R-Word
Advocates explain why the R-word is so hurtful when used in jokes or as part of everyday speech.
Inclusion is a Skill: Let’s Learn It.
By Soeren Palumbo and Tim Shriver, Jr., March 06, 2019
Special Olympics DC Bowling-2019
Here’s a paradox: A world more connected than ever seems more divided than ever. Indeed, pointing out this pervasive division and exclusion nears cliché. But if exclusion is such a defining issue, so too is inclusion: the lack of it, the need for it. We believe that inclusion is not only the issue of our time, it is today’s most needed skill.
Spread the Word: Inclusion
By Soeren Palumbo, February 14, 2019
Soeren Polumbo and Tim Shriver talking on stage at the 2009 Special Olympics World Games
We founded Spread the Word to End the Word in 2009 with an audacious belief, a plain observation, an urgent goal, and an ambitious plan.
About Spread the Word
Around the world, exclusion and discrimination continue to divide people with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities. We are changing that.
Supporting Organizations
We, as organizations and self-advocates representing members of the disability community, recognizing the dignity of individuals with intellectual disabilities, the challenges they and their families face, and the meaningful and powerful contributions they make to their families, their communities, and their country.
R-Word Resource Archive
How to Spread the Word
Making your own pledge is a terrific first step, but at some point we will all hear someone else use the R-word and think to ourselves – What do I do now?
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