Athletes Without Limits advocates for US athletes with intellectual disability to ensure they have the same resources and opportunities to compete to their full potential as non-disabled athletes.
Some of this work involves working with event promoters to include a class for athletes with intellectual disability (similar to an age or gender breakdown for award purposes) at mainstream sporting events so that athletes are not always in isolated/segregated events, but rather, participate in both the fun and challenges of open competition in mainstream sport.
Some of our latest achievements are featured below:
- C.R.A.S.H.-B. Indoor Rowing Sprints
February 14, 2009: Boston, MA, Registration Deadline: Feb 1, 2010
New in 2010 is a class for athletes with intellectual disability - Vote on re-inclusion into Paralympics passes
Athletes with intellectual disability headed for London 2012 Paralympics!
- IPC to Vote on Re-inclusion into Paralympics
November 19, 2009: Your support is needed to make sure the US votes "yes" to re-inclusion in the 2012 Paralympics.
- Nine Years of Exclusion
Background information and timeline of events leading up to November 2009 vote on reinclusion of athletes with intellectual disability into Paralympic competition.
