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Don't even bother clicking. This is the most saccharine article I've read in a while.
I'm only posting the link to ask why, if the website fro the Special Olympics only says that they're for people with intellectual disabilities, this article repeats the phrase "Special Olympics is an athletic contest modeled after the Olympic Games but intended for mentally or physically handicapped people. It's stated purpose is to help people with disabilities develop self-confidence and social skills through sports training and competition".
I'm all confused now. Well, not really. Instead, I'm quite certain that the person who wrote this article had no idea what they were talking about.
*checks out Special Olympics site again*
Interestingly, there it says that the goal of the Special Olympics is to "empower individuals with intellectual disabilities to become physically fit, productive and respected members of society through sports training and competition." Which I suppose is similar to helping people with disabilities develop self confidence and social skills. Kinda.
I wouldn't even bring that last one up, except that it's on a page that links to this article. If the person writing the first article had even done a quick, very quick google search, they would've not conflated the Special Olympics and the Paralympics. If somebody (me) who knows nothing about the subject can automatically say "Hey, that's not right!", I'd expect people with the power to do *real* research to be at least slightly better at their sinecure jobs.
And this has been my pointless rantling of the day. Must run, I'm late, I'm late, for a very important date!
I'm only posting the link to ask why, if the website fro the Special Olympics only says that they're for people with intellectual disabilities, this article repeats the phrase "Special Olympics is an athletic contest modeled after the Olympic Games but intended for mentally or physically handicapped people. It's stated purpose is to help people with disabilities develop self-confidence and social skills through sports training and competition".
I'm all confused now. Well, not really. Instead, I'm quite certain that the person who wrote this article had no idea what they were talking about.
*checks out Special Olympics site again*
Interestingly, there it says that the goal of the Special Olympics is to "empower individuals with intellectual disabilities to become physically fit, productive and respected members of society through sports training and competition." Which I suppose is similar to helping people with disabilities develop self confidence and social skills. Kinda.
I wouldn't even bring that last one up, except that it's on a page that links to this article. If the person writing the first article had even done a quick, very quick google search, they would've not conflated the Special Olympics and the Paralympics. If somebody (me) who knows nothing about the subject can automatically say "Hey, that's not right!", I'd expect people with the power to do *real* research to be at least slightly better at their sinecure jobs.
And this has been my pointless rantling of the day. Must run, I'm late, I'm late, for a very important date!
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Date: 2006-01-31 04:43 am (UTC)very often the media come up short.
when satire trumps serious, you know you've got some integrity issues out there.
nevertheless, i still expect people to do their own jobs at least competently. particularly when i'm stuck sitting on the sidelines and could do better.