Editing Parasports (section)

===Intellectual disability===
Sports for persons with intellectual disabilities began to be organized in the 1960s through the [[Special Olympics]] movement. This grew out of a series of summer camps organized by [[Eunice Kennedy Shriver]], beginning in 1962. In 1968 the first international Special Olympics were held, in Chicago. Today, Special Olympics provides training and competition in a variety of sports for persons with intellectual disabilities.<ref name="so-history">{{cite web
 |title=The History of Special Olympics
 |url=http://www.specialolympics.org/history.aspx
 |accessdate=September 12, 2010
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In 1986, the [[International Sports Federation for Persons with Intellectual Disability]] (INAS-FID) was formed to support elite competition for athletes with intellectual disabilities. This was established in contrast to the more participative, "sport for all" approach of Special Olympics. For a time, athletes with intellectual disabilities were included in the Paralympic Games. After [[Cheating at the Paralympic Games#Basketball controversy|a cheating scandal]] at the [[2000 Summer Paralympics]], where a number of athletes participating in intellectual disability events were revealed to not be disabled, INAS-FID athletes were banned from Paralympic competition, but the ban on intellectually disabled athletes has since been lifted.<ref>{{cite web
 |title=Archive News
 |url=http://www.inas-fid.org/archivenews.html |publisher=INAS-FID
 |date=21 November 2009 |accessdate=12 September 2010
 |quote=During the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) General Assembly in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the IPC membership today decided in favour of the re-inclusion of athletes with an intellectual disability (ID athletes) in competitions, including the Paralympic Games.
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