Struggle story of Jessica-Jane Applegate
Intellectual impairment is an invisible disability which makes it difficult for people to understand the problems people who are affected by it have in their daily life. Imagine spending hours […]
Entries by Mousumi Mazumdar
Thousands gathered at Place de la Bastille to celebrated Paralympic Day on 8th October
The first-ever Paralympic day was held in Paris on 8th October. The Paris 2024 Organising Committee hosted the day at the Place de la Bastille. An estimate of 40,000 people gathered […]
Research on investigating the correlates of physical activity in people with intellectual disabilities
Understanding barriers and enablers towards physical activity is an essential first step to developing interventions and increasing activity levels of people with intellectual disabilities. Virtus Academy manager Dr. Debbie Van Biesen […]
Turkey to host combined 2023 Virtus World and European Indoor Athletics Championship
Virtus, the international federation for sports for intellectual impairment is delighted to announce that Turkey will host a combined World and European Indoor Athletics Championship in 2023. The World Championships […]
The girl with the photographic memory – Andriana Petrakis
It is well known that intellectual impairment affects people differently. For some people, it means they might struggle to remember things, but for others it can be a very different […]
Virtus Ambassador & Paralympic Champion Gabriel Bandeira
Gabriel Bandeira is a Paralympic Champion from Brazil. Gabriel made his Paralympics debut at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games and won – 1 Gold medal in 100m butterfly (with Paralympic […]
Portuguese players dominated the 2022 Virtus World Half Marathon
The 2022 Virtus World Half Marathon concluded today in the beautiful city of Viseu in Portugal. The event was organised by Virtus member ANDDI- PORTUGAL. The tournament took place as a […]
Virtus Ambassador & TV Presenter Egypt
Rahma Khaled Hussain is an International Swimmer from Egypt who has won a total of 7 international and 189 national medals during her swimming career. Rahma was born in 1996 […]
Ebru Acer snatched away Gold from Paralympian Lea Ferney
The finals of the Women’s II1 Table Tennis match couldn’t have been more thrilling. At the Virtus European Summer Games, in Cracow Poland, 20-year-old Ebru Acer from Turkey defeated the […]
Portugal win their fourth Virtus European Championship title in Handball
The Portuguese won the men’s II1 Handball final match today against Poland by 26-23. The Portuguese stayed undefeated for the fourth time in the past nine years. At the Virtus […]
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