Abilympics are vocational skill competitions for persons with disabilities to enable them to showcase and enhance their talent. Abilympics empower the contestants and help create public awareness about their abilities.

The National Abilympic Association of India was formed in May 2001 at the behest of the Minitrsies of Social Justice & Empowerment and Human Resource Development, Government of India to serve as a nodal agency to formulate, initiate and implement policies to propogate Abilympics in the country. The registered office is located at Amar Jyoti Charitable Trust, Karkar Dooma, Vikas Marg, Delhi – 110092 and is guided by a Governing Body. It operates through five zones in the country and has at present 11 Zonal Vice Presidents. All the zonal vice presidents are associated with local NGOs with requisite infrastructure in the disability sector. The VPs organize District level abilympics in their zone with the help of NGOs, district administrations and other agencies to spread the abilympic movement in the country.

The Mission of National Abilympic Association of India is to create public awareness and nurture the productive talents of persons with disabilities by providing them opportunities to acquire and enhance their vocational skills to achieve economic independence.

The main aims & objectives of NAAI are :

• To formulate, initiate and implement policies to propagate Abilympics – the Olympics of abilities – in the country.
• To promote and organize State/District, Regional, National and International meets and competitions in vocational and leisure and living skills.
• To empower persons with disabilities for economic independence.
• To provide exposure and opportunity to persons with disabilities to share and learn latest technological developments in various vocational / leisure and living fields.

Organisers

The National Abilympic Association of India (NAAI) and Amar Jyoti Charitable Trust  serve as the nodal agencies for organizing Abilympics related programmes throughout India in collaboration with NGOs across the country.

NAAI has its office at Amar Jyoti Charitable Trust, Karkardooma, Delhi. It is a member of the International Abilympic Federation.   With the support from the Government, voluntary organisations, academic institutions, the public & private sectors and its zonal branches, it will organise abilympics in different parts of the country.

Amended MOA of NAAI

The amended Memorandum of Association of NAAI as amended upto June 2008 and approved in the earlier AGM  has been circulated to the members.  Efforts have been made to seek cooperation  from the office bearers and the members for enrolment of new individual and institutional members

Who can participate?

A person with any disability (40% and above). A copy of the Disability Certificate is required to be attached to the registration form.

He / She should be 15 years and above on a date fixed prior to the commencement of District, Divisional, State, Regional, National and International abilympics.

• He / She can participate in any contest included in the schedule of events.
• He / She can participate in a maximum of two contests if the date and time do not clash.
• Travel :  The travel expenses to & fro of the participants will be borne by either the sponsoring organization or the participant himself/herself.

However, Boarding and Lodging arrangements will be made by NAAI.

The winners of District / State / Regional will participate in the National Abilympics.  in addition to the medal winners in the Regionals  a limited number of lateral entries  are allowed based  on the recommendation of the respective Zonal Vice Presidents.  These lateral entries are restricted to individuals who either earn their livelihood from the respective vocational/leisure skills events or for any reason could not participate in the Regionals.