Whereas, in 2015, roughly 53,000,000 people in the United States reported living with some type of impairment; Whereas, in 2015, roughly 3,800,000 veterans in the United States reported living with a service-related disability; Whereas adaptive sports for individuals with impairments have existed for more than 100 years; Whereas, after World War II, adaptive sports were widely introduced in order to assist the large number of World War II veterans and civilians that were injured during wartime; Whereas July 29, 1948, marks the date of the Opening Ceremony of the London 1948 Olympic Games in Stoke Mandeville, United Kingdom, where Dr. Ludwig Guttmann organized the first wheelchair competition for service men and women injured in World War II (also known as the Stoke Madeville Games ); Whereas the Stoke Mandeville Games, in 2017, ultimately evolved into the Paralympic Games and include athletes with physical, visual, and intellectual impairments; Whereas the International Paralympic Movement celebrates values such as courage, determination, inspiration, and equality, and works to enable Paralympic athletes to achieve sporting excellence and inspire and excite the world; Whereas Paralympians in the United States continue to achieve competitive excellence, preserve ideals and values of the International Paralympic Movement, and inspire all people in the United States; Whereas 18 veterans were members of Team USA at the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games held in Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia, and 35 veterans were members of Team USA at the 2016 Paralympic Summer Games held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil