Terms of Service

Welcome to the Upper Arlington Special Olympics website. We are a small, volunteer-run club in Upper Arlington, Ohio. We are chartered under Special Olympics Ohio, a Program of Special Olympics International.

These terms explain the rules for using our site. By using the site, you agree to them. Please read them. If you do not agree, please do not use the site.

We use people-first language here. For example, we say "an athlete who uses a wheelchair," not "a wheelchair-bound athlete."

Who may register

You may create an account if you are:

• A parent or caregiver of an athlete, or
• An adult athlete who is their own guardian.

A parent or caregiver always holds the family account. Minors never get their own logins. A parent or caregiver always signs in for them.

You must be old enough to agree to these terms. If you sign up for a family, you confirm you have the right to do so.

Give us accurate info

We count on the info you give us. It helps us run the club and keep athletes safe.

Please give us true and current info. Keep it up to date. This matters most for the medical form date. A wrong or out-of-date signed date could let an athlete take part without a current clearance.

Keep your account safe

Your account is yours. Please protect it.

• Keep access to your email private.
• Do not let others use your login.
• Tell us if you think someone else got into your account.

Acceptable use

Please use the site in a kind and lawful way. When you use the site, you agree not to:

• Break any law.
• Try to see info that is not yours.
• Try to break, hack, or overload the site.
• Upload harmful files or software.
• Harass or harm any other person.

If you break these rules, we may suspend or close your account.

We are a volunteer club

Volunteers run this club and this site. We give our time and care. But we are not a large company with paid staff.

We try to keep the site working and correct. Still, we cannot promise it will always be perfect or always available. Sometimes the site may be down for fixes or updates.

Limits on our responsibility

We share the site as a helpful tool. We do our best, but we offer it "as is." We do not promise that it will be free of mistakes, that it will always be available, or that it will suit any particular purpose of yours.

Please do not rely on this site alone for anything that matters. Check with a coach or the coordinator about a practice, a time, or a place before you travel.

As far as Ohio law allows, the club, its volunteers and its board are not responsible for indirect or knock-on losses that come from using the site — a trip made for a practice that had moved, for example, or a message that did not arrive.

We do not limit our responsibility for our own serious wrongdoing, and nothing in these terms takes away rights you have that cannot be waived under the law.

Your info and privacy

Your privacy matters to us. Our Privacy Policy explains what we collect and how we protect it. Please read it. By using the site, you also agree to that policy.

Changes to these terms

We may update these terms over time. If we make an important change, we will let families know. The date of the latest version will appear on this page when we publish it.

If you keep using the site after a change, you agree to the new terms.

Ending your use

You may stop using the site at any time. You may ask us to close your account. When your family leaves, we handle your data as our Privacy Policy explains.

We may suspend or close an account that breaks these terms.

Governing law

These terms follow the laws of the State of Ohio. Ohio law will govern any dispute about them, and any dispute belongs in the state or federal courts serving Franklin County, Ohio, where the club is based.

We would much rather talk first. If something has gone wrong, please reach out — almost everything is settled by a conversation with the coordinator.

Contact us

Questions about these terms? Please reach out.

• Write to us using the contact form at ua-so.org/contact. It reaches the club coordinator.
• Who we are: Upper Arlington Special Olympics, a volunteer club in Upper Arlington, Ohio, part of Special Olympics Ohio.