Interview Guidelines

Special Olympics Arizona's Interview Guidelines

Interview Guidelines

  • Do not refer to athletes as “kids”, “special needs” or “disabled”
    • When referencing someone’s abilities, use “intellectual disability”
  • Those WITH an intellectual disability should be referred to as athletes
  • Those WITHOUT an intellectual disability should be referred to as Unified partners
  • If you need to generalize a group, you can say “players”, “teammates”, “participants”, or “athletes and partners”
  • Start your answer to each question by repeating the main point of the question:
    • For example:
      • Question – What is Unified Sports?
      • Response – “Unified Sports combines people with and without intellectual disabilities on sports teams”

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