Special Olympics in Abu Dhabi is a sign of progress
(CNN)Before they met and became friends in Washington last December, Tori Martin and Mubarak Al Darmaki grew up in different worlds.
Tori, from northern Virginia, learned to swim before she could walk. She began competing in meets. Seven thousand miles away, in Abu Dhabi, Mubarak discovered basketball and honed his skills against players who were bigger, stronger and faster.
Tori and Mubarak both love sports, but they are also bound by something else that crosses all cultures and borders. They are among the 200 million people around the world who have an intellectual or developmental disability.
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