international paralympic committee

Worldwide, a movement is taking place that celebrates our humanity, and the upcoming 2018 Winter Paralympics is the next great opportunity for all of us to share in it. The increasingly popular event will help change further the perception of the disabled community and what its members can do.

Brad Snyder sets a U.S. record and earns silver and fellow swimmer McKenzie Coan breaks a Paralympic mark and wins gold in Rio.

U.S. wheelchair racer Tatyana McFadden was aiming to win seven gold medals at the Rio Paralympics, in every event from the 100 meters to the marathon.

Justin Fields, a cross country runner and basketball player who graduated from Dunbar last spring, was killed in a single-car accident Tuesday morning in Delaware.

Becca Meyers of Timonium, who is competing this week at the IPC World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, won the ESPY Award for the Best Female Athlete with a Disability.

Born with Usher syndrome, a rare disorder that left her deaf and going blind, Becca Meyers of Timonium has blossomed into an elite para-swimmer. Last year, Meyers set two world records (200-meter individual medley, 400-meter freestyle) and won four gold medals at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships to earn a nomination for the 2015 ESPY award as Best Female Athlete with a Disability. ESPY winners will be announced July 15 on ABC.

Swimmer Connor Gioffreda, 16, who will be a junior at Dulaney High School this year, is leaving American Paralympic records ¿ and one world mark ¿ in his wake while training under the experienced eyes of coach Andrew Barranco for the Towson Merritt Athletic Swim team.

Clarksville native Tatyana McFadden has already dominated in the summer Paralympics. In Sochi, she'll take her first shot at gold in the winter games.

Loyola University of Maryland freshman Becca Meyers won the 400 freestyle in S13 at the International Paralympic Committee World Swimming Championships on Friday night in Montreal

Coaching and being heavily involved with the United States Paralympic team has given Andrew Barranco the opportunity to travel to a dozen countries all over the world.

Wheelchair athletes and sisters Tatyana and Hannah McFadden are preparing to compete in the 2012 London Paralympic Games. It's Hannah's first Paralympics, and Tatyana's third, and Tatyana is looking to make history by competing in five events, including sprints and a marathon.