This category includes athletes who are missing one major joint such as a leg or an arm.

 

Athletes in this category lack an area, or areas, that controls muscle tone, reflexes, posture and movement.

 

In order to compete in this category, the athletes must have an Intelligence Quotient (I.Q.) of 70 or less and limitations in at least two of the following:
-Communication
-Self-care
-Home living
-Social skills
-Community use
-Self-direction
-Health
-Safety
The disability must have been acquired before the age of 18.

In French, "les autres" means the others. This category is for athletes with disabilities that do not fit into any of the other categories. For example, dwarfism, locomotivism, and all motor disabilities (except for amputees) are a few of the disabilities.

 

In order to compete in this category, the athlete must be declared legally blind.

 

The athlete must have lost at least ten percent function of their lower limbs to be classified in the wheelchair category. Some of the conditions include:
-Paraplegic and quadriplegic (i.e.
spinal cord injuries)
-Amputees
-Cerebral palsy
-Non-ambulant athletes in the "Les Autres" classification.

 

 

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