July 18, 2007
The Wounded Warrior Disabled Sports Project is a partnership between Disabled Sports USA and the Wounded Warrior Project, a nonprofit organization that helps injured combat veterans and tries to raise awareness about the difficulties troops face when they return home. Representatives from the Wounded Warrior Disabled Sports Project visit soldiers around the country in facilities such as Walter Reed Army Medical Center, often just weeks after the soldiers arrive, and encourage them to use sports as part of their physical and emotional rehabilitation.

In addition, the United States Olympic Committee recently began conducting summits at military facilities around the country as part of its Paralympic Military Program, which works in cooperation with the Department of Veterans Affairs to help wounded soldiers regain confidence and physical movement. Soldiers, many of them amputees, meet with soldiers who are Paralympians as part of their rehabilitation. A small number are invited to train for the Paralympic Games in Beijing in 2008.
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