Healthy Athletes Expo


OSHAWA - Special Olympics Ontario hosted their first Healthy Athletes Expo for Special Olympians with intellectual and developmental disabilities at Durham College UOIT, Oshawa campus. Over 100 professionals from across Ontario volunteered their time to help with the Expo, providing more than 1,000 athletes with access to health care services. Sylvian Larviere came all the way from Sudbury for the expo, where he got an eye exam and got fitted for new glasses. Sylvian, a Special Olympian will be competing in 5-pin bowling at the Special Olympics later on this month.
May 09, 2008

Alvin Law speaks at Durham College
February 05, 2007

The Durham College, Student Association invited motivational speaker Alvin Law to speak at the school, as part of Abilities Week on campus. Alvin was born without any arms, as his mother took the perscribed 'morning sickness' drug Thalidomide during pregnancy, causing the birth defect. He has gone through many hardships through-out his life, and has managed to overcome them with perseverance, charisma, and a sense of humour. Today he is married, a father, and speaks professionally to over 150,000 people a year.