Wheelchair Sports is a non-profit organization that provides opportunities for disabled athletes to participate in over 25 adapted sports through various clinics, competitions, and annual tournaments. It was one of the first groups to organize adaptive sports and is supported by many professional sports franchises and companies. The organization helps both disabled individuals find a way to participate in athletics as well as siblings share the bond of being athletes, such as the Bacon twins who face different physical challenges.

1. Wheelchair Sports
Marisa Rubino

2. Background
 Non profit organization that provides
opportunities for the disabled
 One of the first organizations to provide that
opportunity for adaptive athletes
 Created with the help of local professional
franchises

3. Sponsors
 Many professional sports teams such as:
 New York Rangers
 New York Islanders
 New York Jets
 New York Yankees
 New York Mets
 New York Nets
 Other sponsors include companies such as
Chevys, Gatorade, Pepsi, and Wilson

4. Adaptive Sports
 The list of available sports is rapidly expanding
 25 sports including: archery, fencing, motor
sports, table tennis, water skiing, hunting, and
bowling
 “If a Sport Exists, then it can be Adapted!”

5. Events
 Clinics and competitions are held every couple
weeks for different sports
 Annual tournaments for sports such as softball,
track & field, and golf; along with many other
sports
 The annual Tristate adaptive games are held in
the month of May and are what a lot of adaptive
athletes work for all year

6. The Bacon Twins
 Chris and Joshua Bacon are twins who face
different obstacles in life
 Chris was born with segmental spinal dysgenesis
 The wheelchair sports federation has helped
Chris be an athlete just like his brother
 Although they play a different style, the
wheelchair sports federation helps them share
the bond of being an athlete