Spain at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Traditionally, the United States, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, New Zealand, Norway and Sweden have been the best countries at the Winter Paralympics. Spain has not sent many people, and has not won many medals. One of the reasons is that there are not many places to ski, and it is very expensive.  This discourages people from trying winter sports.  Paralympic sports are also treated the same as women's sports in Spain.  They are hidden away, and the media gives little coverage to the sporting accomplishments of its elite Paralympic sportspeople.  While Olympic people have guaranteed money because of Plan ADO, Paralympic people get much less money from Plan ADOP.  The money they get is also much less secure, changing from year to year.  This makes it difficult for Spanish Paralympic people to plan in advance their practice and competition calendar.  Olympic people get money for the year.  Paralympic people only get money for a month.  The next month, they may not get any money from Plan ADOP.  While Spain has a lot of people with disabilities, only 0.5% have a sports license.