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    UIL Adding WheelChair Athletes To 2014 State Track & Field Meet

    AUSTIN (October 21, 2013) -- The University Interscholastic League Legislative Council approved a proposal to add competitions for students in wheelchairs to the 2014 Track and Field State Meet as a pilot program.

    Student-athletes using wheelchairs will compete in the 100-meter and 400-meter dash, along with the shot put. The proposal will be effective immediately once approved by the Commissioner of Education.

    Link to the announcement

    SWAA-Texas Regional Paralympic Sport Wheelchair Road Racing Series

    It's time to get off of the track and on to the road.  SWAA and Texas Regional Paralympic Sport announce a Texas Road Racing Series....read more

    Current Series Racers

    Place Name Points
    1 Ivan Sears 2
    2 Saul Mendoza 1


    Fall is a great time to get into wheelchair racing.  Cooler temperatures bring lots of 5k and 10k  runs for a variety of charities or just get out for a run with your family and friends.

    These chairs are part of the SWAA-DFW loaner program.  If you're interested in checking out one of our races contact us at swaa.wsusa@gmail.com




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    Dallas Stars Tickets

    Dallas Stars player Tyler Seguin has generously purchased a suite for the season and wants it to benefit persons with spinal cord injuries.  Check out the Stars article about the Stars Players giving back to the community.  Click here for the article.

    Tyler is providing a 12-person suite for every home game and is donating the use to SWAA’s Sled Hockey program.  We would love to have two to three guests and their families for each game. To show our support for this awesome person and his team the Dallas Stars.

    Click hereto register for a chance to attend.  Come back each month all season for the opportunity to enter for a chance to attend.

    If selected you will be emailed and will need to pick up your tickets the Saturday before the game at the Sled Hockey practice held at Dr. Pepper Starcenter,  12700 N Stemmons Fwy, Farmers Branch, TX.

    POC: Alfredo Corona, 682-556-1277 or email: dfwsledhockey@gmail.com

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Lyon 2013
    IPC Athletics World Championships 19-28 July
    Lyon, France will host the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships between 19-28 July. Around 1,300 athletes from 90 countries are expected to attend Lyon 2013. http://www.paralympic.org/Events/Lyon2013
    You can watch it on the web on You Tube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gleZdbb-J0
     
    Event schedule and results can be found here. http://www.paralympic.org/events/lyon-2013/live-results 
    note 09:00 Lyon start times begin at 02:00 central and 15:30 Lyon starts begin at 08:30 central
     
     
     
     
    2013 National Junior Disability Championships

    July 6-13, 2013

    Rochester, Minnesota

    Check out results and pictures at http://www.wasusa.org/

     

     

     
     
     

     

     

      

     

    SWAA Regional Meet

    hosted by Southwest Wheelchair Athletic Association

    Thank you to the Athletes and Volunteers who participated in the SWAA Regional Meet.  We look forward to seeing you at other SWAA events.

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    Texas Regional Games 2013

    Texas Regional Games April 11-14, 2013

    For results go to http://www.sanantoniosports.org/texasregionalgames.html

     

    White House Calls for Change in High School Sports for Students with a Disability

    Today, President Obama along with the Office for Civil Rights has issued guidance clarifying school districts' existing legal obligations to provide equal access to extracurricular athletic activities to students with disabilities. In addition to explaining those legal obligations, the guidance urges school districts to work with community organizations to increase athletic opportunities for students with disabilities, such as opportunities outside of the existing extracurricular athletic program.

    Students with disabilities have the right, under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, to an equal opportunity to participate in their schools' extracurricular activities. A 2010 report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office found that many students with disabilities are not afforded an equal opportunity to participate in athletics, and therefore may not have equitable access to the health and social benefits of athletic participation.

    To read the entire guidance document distributed by Seth Galanter, Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, click here.

    Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights:

    Letter from Seth M. Galanter

    Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
     
    Letter to the editor: Promote inclusion to foster the potential of athletes with disabilities from Dr. Cheri Blauwet -- a clinical fellow at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, two-time winner of the Boston Marathon's wheelchair division, seven-time Paralympic medalist and member of the International Paralympic Committee Medical Commission -- and Anjali Forber-Pratt, two-time Paralympic Medalist, member, US Paralympic track and field team and Paul G. Hearne Leadership Award Recipient from the American Association of Persons with Disabilities  Click here to read.
     

     

     

     

     

    Southwest Wheelchair Athletic Association is the regional organization for Wheelchair & Ambulatory Sports USA.  The regional area includes: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma & Texas. 
     We are a non-profit 501c3 organization that provides sport competition for those individuals with a physical disability.

    You can make a donation to SWAA by clicking this link to our donation page on ActiveGiving.com

     
     

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