ABSTRACT
Eligibility and classification in sport for people with disabilities in the Paralympics is one of the most debated issues, alongside doping control. The issues raised strike to very core of how we conceptualise disability and lead to the expansion or limitation of life changing opportunities for individual athletes. This chapter will introduce the reader to the concepts behind classification and the challenges of mapping the diversity of real life onto a categorical system. It will then look at who currently is, and importantly is not, included in the Paralympic movement, and finally will examine the debate around the separation or integration of the Paralympics with the Olympics.
