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The National Sports Center for the Disabled (NSCD) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization [1] that began in 1970 providing ski lessons for children with amputations. Today, the NSCD is one of the largest therapeutic recreation organizations in the world, serving more than 3,000 children and adults with disabilities. [2]
American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) (1995) – a cross-disability organization that focuses on advocacy and services. American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities (ACCD) (1975) – coalition of local, state and national disability organizations. [1]
In November 2022, CPISRA merged with IWAS (International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation) to form World Abilitysport. CPISRA and IWAS were both IOSD members of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Combined they are the IPC’s IOSD for persons with physical disability.
Move United was formed in 2020 as a merger of two organizations; Disabled Sports USA, which was first founded in 1956 and based in Rockville, Maryland, [4] [5] and Adaptive Sports USA, a second organization founded in 1967. Move United is a member of the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. [6]
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Sports for persons with physical disabilities began to be organized in the US in the late 1960s through Disabled Sports USA. Disabled Sports USA was established in 1967 by disabled military veterans, including Jim Winthers, [6] to help rehabilitate the injured soldiers returning from Vietnam [7] and originally named the National Amputee Skiers ...
Alternative Baseball, officially Alternative Baseball Organization Inc. (ABO), is an American developmental program and 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Dallas, Georgia, United States. It provides year-round baseball training, exhibitions, and activities for teens and adults (ages 15+) with autism and other disabilities throughout the ...
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