Disability classifications Zimbabwe at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

every participant @ paralympics has disability grouped 1 of 5 disability categories; amputation, condition may congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there overlap between , other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; les autres, physical disability not fall strictly under 1 of other categories, example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis. each paralympic sport has own classifications, dependent upon specific physical demands of competition. events given code, made of numbers , letters, describing type of event , classification of athletes competing. sports, such athletics, divide athletes both category , severity of disabilities, other sports, example swimming, group competitors different categories together, separation being based on severity of disability.