Links and Resources for Athletes with Disabilities

Web Links

Integra athletes and friends
enjoying Fenway Park

Sponsors & Partners

• Swim With The Stars: www.swimwiththestars.com
• Octagon: www.octagon.com
• U.S. Paralympic Committee: www.usparalympics.org
• Visa Paralympic Sponsorship: www.international.visa.com
• The Hartford: www.thehartford.com
• DartSwim: www.dartswim.com
• Spaulding Rehab: www.spauldingrehab.org
• Center for Sport in Society: www.sportinsociety.org
• Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation: www.vvaf.org and
  VVAF Sports for Life: www.vvafsportsforlife.org
• Chris Waddell: chrisjwaddell@aol.com
• Cheri Blauwet: www.cheriblauwet.com
• Paul Martin: www.onemansleg.com
• Alfred Frawley, Esq: www.preti.com
• Marco E. Adelfio and Ilyse Winnick: www.mofo.com

Media/Photography

• Chris Hamilton Photography: www.hamphoto.com/athens
• Joe Kusumoto Photography: www.kusumotophoto.com

Disability/Media Facts

Paul Martin triumphantly
finishes Ironman Lake Placid

• 54 million people in the United States have a disability
• Disability community responds loyally to companies whose marketing approaches are their needs and interests.
• Aggregate income exceeds $1 trillion
• U.S. Disabled community holds $22 billion in spending power
• A record 1.8 billion cumulative people throughout the world viewed the 2004 Athens Summer Paralympic Games
• Over 10 million Chinese viewers watched the Athens Opening Ceremonies, even though the ceremonies coincided with the middle of the night

Committed to Giving Back

Integra Sports athlete Joe Tompkins skiing

A portion of the net proceeds from Integra Sports is distributed to the NIKO-C Foundation, which provides financial support to current and aspiring Paralympians and the many non-profit organizations that support them.

Web site Accessibility

Paralympic Gold Medal sprinter Marlon Shirley holds the US flag proudly in Athens

Following Integra Sports' mission to provide more opportunities to all athletes, we have also developed the Integra Sports web site to be more accessible for all visitors. Accessibility features include:

• Fluid and re-sizeable text for the vision impaired
• Appropriate coding of image tags to aid auditory web browsers, which assist blind visitors
• Extensive use of CSS to provide text labels and content prominence