In the 1996Atlanta games athletes with intellectual disabilities were allowed to participate for the first time. However following cheating by the International Sports Federation for Persons with Intellectual Disability (INAS-FID) in the 2000Sydney games, in which non-disabled athletes were entered in the Spanishbasketball team, such athletes have been banned by the IPC. Following an anti-corruption drive the INAS-FID is currently lobbying to have such athletes reinstated.
The IPC logo consisted on three Agitos. The new Paralympic logo consists of three elements in red, blue and green—the three colours that are most widely represented in national flags around the world. The IPC motto is the ´´Spirit in Motion´´.
The name derives from the Greek "para" ("beside" or "alongside"), and has nothing do do with paralysis or paraplegia.
The 2004 SummerParalympics were held in Athens, Greece, from September 17 to September 28.
The exclusion was introduced after the 2000SummerParalympics in Sydney, the first games with events exclusively for people with learning difficulties, after it was found that the majority of the Spanish basketball team were not disabled.
The traditional cultural display was removed from the ceremony as a mark of respect for the deaths of 37 teenagers and 4 teachers from Farkadona, travelling to Athens, whose bus collided with a truck near the town of Kamena Vourla.
The 2012 SummerParalympic Games will be the fourteenth Paralympics and will take place between 29 August 2012 and 9 September 2012.
The Games will be held in London, United Kingdom after the city was successful with its its bid for the Paralympics and Summer Olympic Games.
In their evaluation report, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) states that "With its rich history, the capacities of UK Paralympic Sport are among the best in the world."
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