Sports for the disabled encompass a broad spectrum of athletic activities tailored to accommodate individuals with diverse physical, sensory, and intellectual disabilities. Some sports are created specifically to cater for disabled athletes, others a modification of mainstream sports.

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These sports provide opportunities for participation, competition, and personal development, fostering inclusion and empowerment within the disabled community. Here is a list of

Team Sports for the Physically Disabled

  • Wheelchair Basketball — basically regular basketball played on a wheelchair.
  • Wheelchair Rugby — a full-contact indoor team sport conducted for players with disabilities.
  • Wheelchair Rugby League — a version of rugby league football but played using a wheelchair.
  • AFL Wheelchair — a wheelchair version of Australian Football, played between two teams of five.
  • Wheelchair Tennis — a version of lawn tennis for those who have lower body disabilities.
  • Wheelchair Curling — a variation of curling in which athletes with a disability affecting their lower limbs use a wheelchair to play the sport.
  • Wheelchair Cricket — a modified version of cricket for wheelchair athletes.
  • Wheelchair Dancing — all of the participants of a team perform dance routines while riding in a wheelchair.
  • Powerchair Football — indoor football for people in wheelchairs.
  • Power Hockey — like ice hockey but played in an electric wheelchair on a basketball court.
  • Sledge Hockey — ice hockey on double-blade sledges for people with physical disabilities on the lower body.
  • CP Football — the adaptation of association football for disabled athletes, the 7-a-side version is for athletes with cerebral palsy or similar.
  • Amputee Football — a version of Association Football for  players with lower extremity amputations.
  • Sitting Volleyball — also known as Paralympic volleyball, it is volleyball played while sitting on the ground.
  • Seatball — a sport like sitting volleyball for disabled and non-disabled athletes, played on a larger court and allowing for the ball to bounce once between touches (also called Sitzball or Sitball).

Individual Sports for the Disabled

  • Wheelchair Fencing — a version of fencing in which disabled athletes fight with thin swords while sitting in wheelchairs that are tightly fastened to the floor.
  • Para Badminton — versions of badminton for disabled athletes, either standing, in a wheelchair, or played while sitting.
  • Paratriathlon — involves a 750 m swim, a 20 km bike with handcycles, bicycles or tandems with a guide, and a 5 km wheelchair or running race.
  • Para-Cycling — cycle racing events using adaptations for disabled athletes, such as tandem bikes and hand-cycling.
  • Para-Climbing — Sport Climbing for disabled athletes.
  • Para Table Tennis — a version of table tennis adapted for disabled athletes, such a physical disability, intellectual disability or wheelchair users.
  • Powerlifting — Paralympic sport
  • Boccia — a ball sport similar to bocce, bowls, and pentanque for athletes with physical disabilities.

Team Sports for the Deaf

  • Deaf Basketball — basketball that is played by the hearing impaired. Players use sign language to communicate with each other including the refs.

Sports for the Blind

  • Goalball — a Paralympic sport for blind athletes using a ball with bells.
  • 5-a-side football (blind football) — one of the versions of Paralympic Football is a 5-a-side game for blind or visually impaired Athletes.
  • Torball — a team sport for the visually impaired with an inflated ball with bells inside. The aim is to throw the ball through the opponent's goal line.
  • Blind Cricket — a modified version of cricket for blind athletes with a larger ball with bells inside.
  • Showdown — a game for blind and visually impaired people similar to air hockey.
  • Swish — a version of table tennis for blind athletes.

Track and Field Events for the Disabled

  • Club Throw — a track and field disabled sports event, the objective is to throw a wooden club as far as possible.
  • Softball Throw — a track and field discipline in which you throw the ball as far as possible, mostly used in competitions for disadvantaged groups as a substitute for other technical throwing events.
  • Racerunning — a track and field racing sport for disabled athletes, in which they use a specially designed tricycle.
  • Ice Sledge Racing — a winter Paralympic sport in which contestants use a lightweight sledge and propel themselves using two poles.
  • Wheelchair Racing — a type of racing in which athletes with physical disabilities compete with the help of a wheelchair.
  • Wheelchair Slalom — navigating in a wheelchair through a course with challenging obstacles.