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Purpose & Goals

The purpose of the Demonstration Team is to educate and increase community awareness of the value of sport and recreation and the abilities of wheelchair athletes; to promote the concept of safety at work and play; to promote reverse integration; to promote wheelchair sports and increase membership.
  • To increase community awareness of the opportunities and growth that individuals with disabilities can experience through leisure and recreation activities.
  • To provide the opportunity to positively change both physical and attitudinal barriers against individuals with disabilities.
  • To encourage the independent recreation participation of individuals with disabilities within communities visited.
  • To act as a community resource to promote the development of wheelchair sports programs.
  • To promote the concept of safety at work and play.
  • To encourage the integration of able-bodied athletes into wheelchair sports programs.


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