Basketball

  

  

 

Some of the disabilities that participate in this sport are:

 

• Amputees
• Dwarf
• Hearing Impairment
• Learning Disabilities
• Cerebral Palsy
• Spinal Cord Injury
• Spina bifida
• Full use of their upper limbs
• A disability affecting all four limbs
• Limited mobility in their lower limbs

 

There are two types of the sport of basketball played. These are the running game of basketball and wheelchair basketball. The running game is generally played by learning disabilities however other disabilities such as dwarfism and deaf can participate. In fact any person who can run, catch a ball and pass could play the running game.

 

Wheelchair Basketball

 

Wheelchair basketball is the more commonly associated style of the game associated with disabilities. Wheelchair Basketball is among the oldest and most established of wheelchair sports, It was introduced over fifty years ago as a rehabilitation and recreational pursuit for people with spinal cord injury.

 

There are now a wide range of physical disabilities playing the sport as well as able bodied participants who can play up to division one standard. The inclusion of non-disabled participants has helped increase the number of teams and has meant that families and friends can get more involved. Wheelchair basketball see the wheelchair used to play the game purely as a tool that you need to play in the same way as you need a tennis racket to play tennis.

 

Some of the disabilities that play wheelchair basketball are:

 

• Amputees
• Cerebral Palsy
• Spina Bifida
• Paraplegic
• Polio
• Minimal disability that prevents you from playing the running game fully

 

For more information about basketball select one of the links below:

 

Learning Disabilities

 

Wheelchair Basketball