A top notch organization associated with the French Federation for Adapted Sport (FFSA) that unites athletes with intellectual disabilities or mental illness through basketball, football, swimming and/or table tennis. 

University of Rochester

- Special Olympics World Games (1968) 
- Paralympic Games (1996)
- Global Games (2004) 
- Trisome Games (2016) 

The 4 Large-Scale International Multi-Sport Games

Elise Lantz & Anne Marcellini (2018) Sports games for people with intellectual disabilities. Institutional analysis of an unusual international configuration, Sport in Society, 21:4, 635-648, DOI: 10.1080/17430437.2016.1273612

Sports and Intellectual Disabilities

Ministry for Sports

Committee supports development of para sport while simultaneously advocating for social inclusion. They helped establish the inclusion of athletes with intellectual disabilities into Paralympic competitions on November 21st of 2009 and continue to ensure the success of para-athletes. 

International Paralympic Committee (IPC)

First held in Italy in 2016 for athletes with ID, whose disabilities specifically is Trisomy 21, or down syndrome. More than 500 athletes participated; the newly established organization is looking to continue the tradition and incorporate even more athletes and events. 

Trisome Games

An established Dutch organization since 1986 that entered the international playing field of advocacy for athletes with ID during the 2015 global games. 

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