Jamaal Charles Opened Up About His Disability, Led the Special Olympics Athlete Oath
By Rob Perez
Pretty cool moment happened last night as the Kansas City Chiefs’ star Running Back, Jamaal Charles, spoke publicly and passionately about his struggles with his learning/reading disability, how he overcame it, how he too was once a Special Olympics competitor, and how the event helped him discover a talent he “did not know that he had”…
Jamaal Charles at #SpecialOlympicsWorldGames. Discussing learning disability, first competition at Special Olympics pic.twitter.com/AvlMalvFi1
— The Phinsider (@thephinsider) July 26, 2015
“Special Olympics gave me the first chance to discover the talent I did not know I had.” - @NFL superstar @jcharles25 of @KCChiefs #LA2015
— Special Olympics (@SpecialOlympics) July 26, 2015
Charles then led the crowd at the LA Coliseum in the traditional Special Olympics opening ceremonies athlete oath…
Powerful stuff, to say the least…