• Promote friendship and solidarity among persons with disabilities in the Asean Region through sports

• Promote and develop sports for the differently abled

• Rehabilitate and integrate persons with disability into mainstream society through sports

The games, patterned after the Paralympics, includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputees, visual disabilities and those with cerebral palsy. Joining the action are delegations from Southeast Asian countries as well as top ASEAN athletes who've competed in the 9th FESPIC Games, held in Kuala Lumpur 2006. The previous 2005 ASEAN ParaGames was held in Manila, Philippines.

In the upcoming 4th ASEAN Para Games, 14 sports will be contested and 186 gold medals will be offered. They include archery, athletics, badminton, boccia, chess, fencing, goalball, judo, powerlifting, shooting, swimming, table tennis, wheelchair basketball and wheelchair tennis. The ASEAN ParaGames is subject to the regulations of the ASEAN Para Sports Federation (APSF).

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