are the paralympic games the same as the special olympics world games
Paralympic Games The Paralympic Games are organized in parallel with the Olympic Games, while the IOC-recognized Special Olympics World Games include athletes with intellectual disabilities, and the Deaflympics include deaf athletes.[2][3]
Paralympic Games There have been several milestones in the Paralympic movement. The first official Paralympic Games, no longer open solely to war veterans, was held in Rome in 1960.[10] 400 athletes from 23 countries competed at the 1960 Games. Since 1960, the Paralympic Games have taken place in the same year as the Olympic Games.[11][12] The Games were initially open only to athletes in wheelchairs; at the 1976 Summer Games, athletes with different disabilities were included for the first time at a Summer Paralympics.[9] With the inclusion of more disability classifications the 1976 Summer Games expanded to 1,600 athletes from 40 countries.[11] The 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea, was another milestone for the Paralympic movement. It was in Seoul that the Paralympic Summer Games were held directly after the Olympic Summer Games, in the same host city, and using the same facilities. This set a precedent that was followed in 1992, 1996 and 2000. It was eventually formalized in an agreement between the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 2001,[11][13] and was recently extended through 2020.[14] The 1992 Winter Paralympics were the first Winter Games to use the same facilities as the Winter Olympics.
Paris Peace Accords
Pyeongchang County Pyeongchang hosted the 2018 Winter Olympics and the 2018 Winter Paralympics.[3] To avoid confusion with Pyongyang, North Korea, it has been officially rebranded as "PyeongChang" for the Olympics and the Paralympics.[4][5]