The volunteers and teachers who will help the officiating crew of the 1st Special Olympics will be given an orientation at the University of St. La Salle in Bacolod City today.

Joaquin Benedicto, president of the Special Olympics-Negros Chapter, will discuss the history and definition of the event in the morning, and the technical aspect in the afternoon.

The Special Olympics, which aims to stage a province-wide sports festival for all intellectually-disabled athletes, is scheduled in September.

Participants in the seminar will be taught the proper ways of officiating badminton, athletics, table tennis and powerlifting, which are the disciplines lined up in the Special Olympics, event coordinator Malot Lozada said.

The technical aspect of the four events will be taken up with the volunteers and teachers handling intellectually-disabled in 45 minutes for each discipline, Lozada, who will spearhead the discussion of the games' technicalities, said.*CIT

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