Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
In 1955, then U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy announced, to the organization United Cerebral Palsy, that the institute was "planning to launch an all-out attack against the dread spectre of cerebral palsy". [18] By 1959, a study to look at how gestation affected cerebral palsy had been started. [17]
1. International Cerebral Palsy Games London: 2: 1976 2. International Cerebral Palsy Games Montrodat: 3: 1978 3. International Cerebral Palsy Games Edinburgh: July 1978 [1] [2] 4: 1980 4. International Cerebral Palsy Games [1] 5: 1982 5. International Cerebral Palsy Games Greve [1] 6: 1986 6. International Cerebral Palsy Games Gits: 7: 1989 ...
As of 2020, the organization operates programs serving 100,000 residents in 43 states. [6] In 2020, the two organizations merged as Move United, introducing a new identity by Superunion. A goal was announced for the organization to serve 90% of the U.S. population with local programs by 2028, in time for the 2028 Summer Paralympics in Los ...
Disability sports classification is a system that allows for fair competition between people with different types of disabilities.. Historically, the process has been overseen by 2 groups: specific disability type sport organizations that cover multiple sports, and specific sport organizations that cover multiple disability types including amputations, cerebral palsy, deafness, intellectual ...
The U.S. Para 7-a-side National Soccer Team (USPNT) is an elite level program that selects players from across the United States in preparation for International standard competition. The National Team, in addition to friendly matches and invitational tournaments, competes in the following events: Intercontinental Cup, Copa America, World ...
Herald and Review, March 4, 2008 Celebrity dance partners step out to aid United Cerebral Palsy; KPHO Television News, March 27, 2008 – Copper Thieves Hit Cerebral Palsy Facility. 'Loss Of Therapy Troubling,' Official Says; The New York Times, Saturday, November 20, 1954. United Cerebral Palsy Reports Increase In Research Funds, Topping $500,000
CP2 is a disability sport classification specific to cerebral palsy. In many sports, it is grouped inside other classifications to allow people with cerebral palsy to compete against people with other different disabilities but the same level of functionality. People in this class tend to use electric wheelchairs and are quadriplegic.
The Cerebral Palsy Games (or CP Games) are a multi-sport competition for athletes with a disability, which under the former name of the International Stoke Mandeville Games were the forerunner of the Paralympic Games. The competition has been formerly known as the International Cerebral Palsy Games or the Stoke Mandeville Games.