1. BlazeSports KNR 270

2. USDAF U.S. Disabled Athletes Fund Outgrowth of 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Organizing Committee Development of a national program that eventually makes adaptive sports a reality for children & adults with physical disabilities Comprehensive sports & fitness program Year round program

3. USDAF In local communities Like community sports & Special Olympics Use Paralympic & ranked athletes as coaches & role models

4. BlazeSports Georgia, 1998 Blaze = Atlanta Paralympics mascot Model program developed for replication Year round community sports delivered by local parks & recreation agencies State level sports camps, clinics, & competition National seminars & competition

5. BlazeSports Georgia, 1998 Not about creating world champion athletes Although expect some folks to eventually be involved in Paralympics Sports are those that are in the Paralympics Develop junior competitive sports W/C basketball & racing

6. BlazeSports Clubs of America Launched March 2002 Cooperative of USDAF, NRPA, & U.S. Paralympics 9 communities in 7 states Maine Niles SRA Plan 10 new clubs through 2005 Agencies will provide training programs Supported by regional & national camps, training clinics & competitions operated by USDAF

7. BlazeSports Clubs of America W/C tennis W/C basketball W/C rugby Track & field (racing) Swimming Plan winter sports in the future Georgia is starting Goalball

8. Inclusion Practice What do I know about the disability? What do I know about the activity? What do I know about the person? What do I need to do to include this person?

9. Inclusion Practice Nora is a 40 year old with a traumatic brain injury who is non-verbal but does use sign language to communicate and would like to participate in a yoga class. What do you need to do to include her?

10. Inclusion Practice You are the manager of a community fitness center and a man who is 45 and has quadriplegia from a spinal cord injury comes to be a member of your center. What adaptations might you have to make?

11. Inclusion Practice Billy and Mary are 7 year old twins with autism. Their mom has signed them up for the after school program. What is needed to include them in the program?