Disability Sport Organizations

The following organizations offer disability-specific swimming competitions. In some case= s, the organizations also offer athlete development programs such as clubs/swimming practices, camps, and clinics. The international organizatio= ns conduct quadrennial multi-sports competitions analogous to the Olympic Game= s: (a) the International Parlympic Committee condu= cts Paralympic Games in the same years as Olympic Games; = (b) CISS conducts the Deaflympics in the years foll= owing the Olympic Games; and (c) Special Olympics International conducts the World Special Olympics Games in the years preceding the Olympic Games.=

International Gove= rning Bodies

USA Governing Bodies=

U.S. Paraly= mpics (USA governing body for Paralympic swimming)
U.S. Paralympics is a division of the U.S. Olympic Committee
U.S. Deaf Swimming (deaf/hard of hearing)
Special Olympics (intellectual disabilities)

USA Disability Sport Organizati= ons

Blaze Spo= rts (physical disabilities and vision loss)
Disabled Sports= USA (amputation/wounded war veterans)
Dwarf Athletic Association of America (short stature)
Special Olympics (intellectual disabilities)
U.S. Associatio= n of Blind Athletes (blind/vision loss)
U.S. Deaf Swimming (deaf/hard of hearing)
Wheelchair Spor= ts USA (lower limb impairments)

International Sport Organizations

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