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Achilles Track Club
The Achilles Track Club, now known as Achilles International, was established by Dick Traum in 1983 to encourage disabled people to participate in mainstream athletics. Achilles has become an international organization that provides support, training, and technical expertise to runners at all levels. They welcome people with all kinds of disabilities, such as: visual impairment, stroke, cerebral palsy, paraplegia, arthritis, amputation, multiple sclerosis, cystic fibrosis, cancer, traumatic head injury, and many others. With the help of volunteer guides, athletes participate in workouts and races using crutches, wheelchairs, handcycles, prostheses, or without aid at all.
==History==
Founded in New York City, Achilles has expanded to 40 chapters in the United States and over 110 chapters on six continents, including countries such as Canada, Norway, New Zealand, Mongolia, Dominican Republic, Russia, South Africa, Vietnam and Japan. Membership is free.
In 1995, Achilles founded Achilles Kids,〔http://www.achillestrackclub.org/who/programs_kids.html〕 which offers athletics to 3,500 disabled children (and their non-disabled siblings) in schools across the United States.
Achilles began working with wounded veterans in 2004, an endeavor known as the Achilles Freedom Team of Wounded Veterans.〔http://achillestrackclub.org/freedom_team/〕 The program provides motivation, training, and the opportunity to rebuild strength and endurance for disabled veterans of the United States Military.
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