BlazeSports America
Norcross
1 in 4 adults in the United States have some type of disability.
Sport participants with disabilities are more than 2x as likely to be employed than the general population.
Every year of adaptive sport participation results in a 4% increase in the likelihood of employment.
BlazeSports America is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization formed as the legacy organization of the 1996 Paralympic Games held in Atlanta, Georgia. These games, the first of their kind held in the United States, showed the world the power and spirit of adaptive and Paralympic sport. For nearly 30 years our mission has been to change the lives of children and adults with a physical disability such as a spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy, spina bifida, amputation or visual impairment. BlazeSports was founded to provide ongoing programming in adaptive sport, recreation, and physical activity to Georgia’s youth, adults, veterans and military personnel with physical disabilities and PTSD. In 2007, BlazeSports added a Training and Education division to increase the capacity of local service providers across the United States to provide adaptive sports programs in their communities and schools.
BlazeSports America’s mission is to change the lives of individuals with physical disabilities through adaptive sport and recreation.
Programs
- Track & Field
- Swimming
- Wheelchair Tennis
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