Parasports
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Parasports are sports played by people with a disability, including physical and intellectual disabilities. Some parasports are forms of adapted physical activities from existing non-disabled sports,
Iris Pruysen competes in the long jump at the 2014 Paris Athletics Paralympic Meeting.
A wheelchair racer during the Marathon International de Paris (Paris Marathon) in 2014.
Wounded Warrior Chuck Sketch participates in swim practice on Feb. 14, 2012 at United States Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.
Special Olympics
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Special Olympics is the world's largest sports organization for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, providing year-round training and activities to 5 million participants and Unified S
Parasports
…the social interaction that is a vital part of sports. Sports for persons with intellectual disabilities began to be organized in the 1960s through the Special Olympics movement. This grew out of a series of summer camps organized by Eunice Kennedy Shriver, beginning in 1962. In 1968, the first international Special…
Eunice Kennedy Shriver is featured on the 1995 Special Olympics World Games silver dollar.
The crowd at the 2003 Special Olympics World Summer Games Opening Ceremonies in Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland
Special Olympics World Winter Games 2017 reception Vienna, Austria