"When that happens, people see that, and their perceptions are changed. And it becomes of appreciation, for what they can do, that start to change the way about people with disabilities start to including them and accepting them more," he said.

Till 2017, the Olympic Games will return to United States, after the 1999 Raleigh Game in North Carolina. Los Angeles hosted the 1984 Olympic Games. It is widely believed that Los Angeles would bring Special Olympic to a different level, said the Special Olympics Directors.

The Special Olympics was founded in 1968 by Timothy Shriver's mother Eunice Kennedy Shriver, a member of the Kennedy family and sister to former U.S. President John F. Kennedy. It has grown from a few hundred athletes to more than 3.7 million athletes in over 170 countries and regions in all regions of the world.

It has been committed to encouraging and empowering people with intellectual disabilities, promoting acceptance for all, and fostering communities of understanding and respect worldwide through the power of sport.

"It is not an event, but a movement," said Timothy Shriver.

China's Shanghai hosted the Special Olympics in 2007. The most recent one was completed in Athens, Greece in July this year. South Korea will host the 2013 Special Olympics.

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