Editing Paralympic Games (section)

==Milestones==
{{Further|Chronology of the Paralympic Movement}}
There have been several milestones in the Paralympic movement. The first official Paralympic Games, coincident with the ninth [[Stoke Mandeville Games]] but no longer open solely to war veterans, was held in Rome in [[1960 Summer Paralympics|1960]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Paralympics traces roots to Second World War|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Centre|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/2.720/paralympics-traces-roots-to-second-world-war-1.697123|access-date=2010-04-14|date=2008-09-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319072816/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/2.720/paralympics-traces-roots-to-second-world-war-1.697123|archive-date=2014-03-19|url-status=live}}</ref> They were the brainchild of Antonio Maglio, a friend and follower of Guttmann and were financed almost entirely by Maglio's employer, the Workers National Accident Insurance Fund of Italy, then led by [[Renato Morelli]], who was also Chairman of the International Social Security Association.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cerimonia allo stadio dell'Acqua Acetosa: nasce una nuova dimensione dello sport |url=https://www.coni.it/it/attivita-istituzionali/promozione-sportiva/giornata-nazionale-dello-sport/36-primo-piano/17290-inizia-l%E2%80%99olimpiade-che-affascin%C3%B2-il-mondo-il-miracolo-germania-e-la-protesta-di-taiwan.html |access-date=2023-01-15 |website=www.coni.it}}</ref> Four hundred athletes from 23 countries competed at the 1960 Games. Since 1960, the Paralympic Games have taken place in the same year as the Olympic Games.<ref name="winter history" /><ref>Galligan (2000), pp. 89–90</ref> The Games were initially open only to athletes in wheelchairs; at the [[1976 Summer Paralympics|1976 Summer Games]], athletes with different disabilities were included for the first time at a Summer Paralympics.<ref name=history/> With the inclusion of more disability classifications the 1976 Summer Games expanded to 1,600 athletes from 40 countries.<ref name="winter history" /> 

The [[1988 Summer Paralympics]] in [[Seoul]] was another milestone for the Paralympic movement. It was in Seoul that the Paralympic Summer Games were held directly after the [[1988 Summer Olympics]], in the same host city, and using the majority of the venues. This set a precedent that was followed in [[1992 Summer Paralympics|1992]], [[1996 Summer Paralympics|1996]] and [[2000 Summer Paralympics|2000]]. It was eventually formalized in an agreement between the [[International Paralympic Committee]] (IPC) and the [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC) in 2001,<ref name="winter history" /><ref>DePauw and Gavron (2005) p. 92</ref> and was extended through 2020.<ref name=bbc-firstglobal>{{cite news|title=Paralympics 2012: London to host 'first truly global Games'|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/disability-sport/18143145|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=1 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818202303/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/disability-sport/18143145|archive-date=2012-08-18|url-status=live}}</ref> On March 10, 2018, the two committees further extended their contract to 2032.<ref name=ioc-ipc-extendcontract>{{cite web|title=IOC and IPC to partner until 2032 |url=https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-and-ipc-to-partner-until-2032|publisher=Olympics|access-date=10 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311072342/https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-and-ipc-to-partner-until-2032 |archive-date=2018-03-11|url-status=live}}</ref> Despite being held in the same region, the [[1992 Winter Paralympics]] used different competition venues than those used for the Olympic Games. [[1994 Winter Paralympics]] were the first Winter Games to use the same venues and had the same Organizing Committee as the [[1994 Winter Olympics|Winter Olympics]].