The Paralympic Games are a major international high performance
multi-sport event featuring the world's best athletes with disabilities who have either a physical, vision or intellectual impairment. There are
Winter and
Summer Paralympic Games, which are held immediately following their respective
Olympic Games, in the same host city. there are 185 NPCs who are full members of the IPC. Only NPCs in good standing may enter athletes in the Paralympic Games. Within countries, some NPCs serve as the national governing body for one or more sports, while others only act as the IPC member with responsibility for Paralympic Games. ==List of NPCs by continent==