Athletes and Coaches Learn How to Include Disabled in Sports

Jordanian girls and their coach participate in the ECA-sponsored U.S.-based segment of a disability sports/recreation project at the BlazeCamp Sports Camp in metro Atlanta, June 2004.

In collaboration with the national Paralympic Committees of Jordan, Morocco, Turkey and Cyprus ECA brought fourteen young athletes and coaches from Turkey, Jordan and Morocco traveled to the United States June 10 to 22, as part of a Georgia State University program on sports programs for individuals with disabilities in sports programs. The group attended a ten-day training program that included workshops and participation in the international youth sports camp international youth sports camp known as BlazeCamp Sports Camp at Roosevelt Warm Springs Rehabilitation Institute in Atlanta.