Classification Process – Athletes with a Disability
Athletes with a disability who wish to represent their region at a state level or higher require an official classification from their authorising body. The purpose of the classification is to enable athletes with a disability to compete on an even level with others who have a similar impairment. Just as able-bodied competitors compete within age groups. The classification process tries to create as fair a competition as possible among athletes with different disabilities. Without classification disabled sport would not exist
CATEGORIES
Athletes with a disability are categorised into the following
· Intellectually Impaired (ID) – This refers to those students who are ascertained II 5 or 6
· Visually Impaired (VI) –This refers to those students who are totally blind to those who have 2/60 to 6/60 vision and a visual field between 5 and 20 degrees
· Physically Impaired
- Cerebral Palsy (CP) – Refers to those students diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy
- Amputee (A) – Refers to those students with amputated limbs
- Spinal Chord (SC) – Refers to students with spinal chord injuries
- Les Autre (LA) – Refers to all other physical impairments not covered by other classifications
· Hearing Impaired (HI) – This refers to a hearing loss which renders it impossible to understand speech through hearing alone, even if a hearing aid is used
Students who have been officially classified through their organization will receive a card recording their classification. For example the general classification for track and field is as follows
- Physically impaired T31 to T58 (track); F31 to F58 (field)
- Visually impaired T11, 12 or 13; F11 to F13
- Intellectually impaired T20 to F20
Please contact Ros Woodard on 5542 9111
Further information an be found on the Metropolitan East School Sport website at:
http://www.meteast.com.au/
or the direct link
http://www.meteast.com.au/sport_for_disabled.htm
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