OUR MISSION

The mission of the International Institute of SPORT (IIOS) is to improve the quality of life for people with disabilities in the less economically developed countries worldwide.

WHO WE ARE

We are a non-profit advocating for the disabled in areas of public access, education, integration, job skills, physical rehabilitation, therapeutic recreation and disaster relief. We are educators, artists, administrators and professionals. We are also networkers and are grateful for our partners.

WHAT WE DO

We engage children and adults in art projects geared to developing an understanding of disability.  We help rehabilitate and train disabled athletes for the Paralympics. We help disabled people become employees and business owners. We provide art supplies, medical supplies and mobility devices. We represent disabled artists in the world art market. We advocate for the disabled in business and government affairs to help secure access to jobs and transportation.

Paralympics

Donated Racing Bike Undamaged
February 3, 2010

$5,000 donated sports bike survives the earthquake

At 7:03PM CST this photo and text from Dr. Fred Sorrells came through.

"I am sure the US media is reporting the top story today us Bill Clinton's arrival to Haiti. I was at the UN headquarters earlier today and everyone especially the security was hopping."

"However, the real news among several great things today is that disabled Marine quadriplegic Quintin Stephen's donated sports racing bike is alive and well. The building where it was stored withstood the earthquake while the building four blocks down the street behind me obviously did not."

"I am so happy that this $5000 dollar chair is in great shape for a Haitian disabled athlete, perhaps one of the newly disabled earthquake victims, to cross the finish line first at the 2012 Paralympic Games for a gold medal."

"I posted a uTube several months ago requesting the Clinton Initiative to build the first track. Not one track like we have at every Jr. high school exists in the whole country. We need that track, including a rehab and therapuetic center, to be build ASAP to start the recovery process for the 200,000 amputees alone in Haiti. Please help me get the word out."

Paralympian Randy Snow Passes
November 19, 2009

Randy Snow

Wheelchair tennis champion Randy Snow passed away on November 19, 2009, at the age of 50.

Snow was a top-ranked tennis player in Texas before a farming accident left him paralyzed from the waist down . However, the accident did not stop him from playing tennis, and he became a pioneer in the sport of wheelchair tennis and the first Paralympian inducted into the United States Olympic Committee Hall of Fame.

Read more about Randy Snow at usparalympics.org and usta.com.