Over the 40 years of her career Mrs. Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the founder of SO, has been leading the worldwide movement and devoting her life for improving the living conditions of the intellectually disabled people. She loved the SO family and advocated for the well-being of the population. She believed that the ID persons could (individually or collectively) achieve more than anyone thought possible, and their future might be radically different.

Her faith in them allowed her to hope for an army of supporters --- coaches, volunteers, donors and others --- that would emerge and grow, and become the foundation upon which a worldwide human rights movement would be built.

A Chinese doctor, I was trained by SO in 2003 and joined in the rank of volunteers working for “ Healthy Athletes” program. The purpose of HA is to provide to the SO athletes through medical examinations by the professional doctors, health consultations and relevant help to allow them to cultivate good living habits to facilitate health and fitness so as to elevate the athletes’ capabilities in training and competitions. HA improves the athletes’ health, heightens their sense of caring for the health, emphasizes the application of healthy methods, and trains them to use healthy ways and advocates for positive and balanced healthy measures.

On top of allowing the ID population to merge into society and feel the care and love by the society, HA also provides opportunities for the public to devote their care and love for the ID, or a platform to facilitate civic virtues that leads to a harmonious society.

I am thankful to Special Olympics founded by Mrs. Shriver, which provided me with a platform to serve the ID people. In that process, all the rest of my life will be full of force of love. I will learn from Mrs. Shriver to contribute to ID people in China and elsewhere in the world.

Mrs. Shriver’s faith in the SO athletes was unfailing. It was due to her far-sight SO was founded and grew. Her death is a great lose. But I am sure her unfulfilled wish will continue to be realized by her family, friends and millions of others in the world who were influenced and changed by SO. In her memory we will continue to fight to realize her grand vision; to change and improve the life of the ID population, their families and the communities they are in. We will push forward respect, acceptance and inclusion through sports.

    尤尼斯·甘迺迪·施萊佛夫人是特殊奧林匹克運動的創始人和榮譽主席、甘迺迪基金會的執行副總裁。在長達60多年的時間裡，她領導著世界性的運動，致力於改善和提高智障人士的生活水準。她深愛的特奧運動大家庭，她畢生為智障人執言並為之貢獻的動力。 她相信，智障人士（單個或集體）能做出比任何人能想像到的更大的成就。她懷有無限的信心，相信智障人士的未來是可以徹底改變的。

      她對智障人士的信任使她有了希望——一支支持者的大軍，即教練、志願者、捐助者以及其他支持者——必將興起壯大，成為形成一個世界性人權運動的基礎。

      作為一名中國的醫生在2003年經過特奧運動培訓加入的志願者隊伍，為運動員“健康計畫”工作。

    特奧運動員健康項目活動旨在通過專業醫生的醫療檢查，為特奧運動員提供健康諮詢和相關幫助，使他們樹立良好的生活習慣，增進健康和體能，從而提高特奧運動員在運動中接受訓練和完成比賽的能力。健康計畫改善運動員健康，提高對健康的關注的意識，增加使用健康的方法並使他們訓練得到健康的方法，提倡積極和平衡的健康措施。

    特奧運動員健康項目活動既能使智障人士融入社會，感受到社會得關愛，也為社會各界人士向智障人士奉獻愛心提供了一個難得的機會，搭建起了一個促進社會文明、構建和諧社會的平臺。

    我感謝施萊佛夫人創建的特奧運動為我提供為智障人事獻愛心服務的平臺。在為他們服務的過程中，愛的力量將會充滿我的餘生，我會像施萊佛夫人學習，為這項事業努力奉獻。為世界為中國的智障人事奉獻。

      施萊佛夫人對特奧運動員的信心是無窮的，由於她的遠見卓識，特奧運動才得以創建和發展。她的辭世是一項巨大的損失，但我知道，我們可以確定無疑，她的遺志將由她的家人、朋友以及她所影響和改變的全世界數以百萬計的人們傳承下去。為了紀念她，我們將繼續奮鬥，實現她的雄偉願景：改變智障人士以及他們的家庭和社群的生活，以體育促進尊重、接納和包容。

                                               王蘭

                                               2009-8-18