Swimming With A Disability (SWAD)for children with CMT.

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Do you have any children with CMT partipating in this program?

If you are not familiar with this program, it is worth looking into

if you have children who like to swim. Our daughter was introduced

to the Swimmers with a disability program or SWAD several years ago.

It allows children to compete with others who have similiar

abilities. There are 13 different classifications based on your

physical abilities. It allows children with disabilities to compete

at local, national and international level swim meets with the

chance of possibly going to the Paralympics.

It has been very beneficial for our daughter, she currently spends

six days a week in the pool training (excellent exercise, maintains

muscle strength, more importantly is excellent for self-esteem).

Recently, she was been selected to go with the National Paralympic

Team to compete in International Paralympic Committee (IPC) World

Champs and has her sites set on the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing.

Below are some websites for more information or contact your local

swim club.

For more information:

See USA Paralympic Team - Swimming, Classification

http://www.usolympicteam.com/paralympics/swimming_teams.html

See Swim Canada Web Site - Swimmers with a disabiliy

http://www.swimming.ca/swimming/index_e.aspx

See IPC Swimming Website (Classification)

http://www.ipcswimming.org/mainframe.html