The International Abilympics is a world-wide competition that showcases vocational skills of persons with disabilities in skilled trade and technology areas.
The games have taken place every three or four years since the first edition was held in Tokyo in 1981, but Canada has not participated until now.
According to the Abilympics Canada Association website, the members of the Canadian team going to Seoul will come from Quebec, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador. They will compete in such events as computer assembly, painting, photography, digital poster design, cake decoration and desktop publishing.
Four years ago the Abilympics were held jointly with the World Skills Competition, however this year the two events have been separated for whatever reason. This year the skills will be in London. There is also a Canadian team going to this event however it does not include people with disabilities.
According to the website, Abilympics Canada is an initiative of the Nova Scotia branch of Skills Canada and the organization seems to be more or less centred in Nova Scotia, with most of the particpants originating there. However there is a national board of directors, which includes a representative from the Montreal English School Board.
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