Move United Junior Nationals

[3] The 2020 event was to be hosted in Denver, Colorado[4] but was cancelled and deferred to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[5] The event was founded in 1984 by Wheelchair & Ambulatory Sports, USA and was first held in July 1984.

Similar to the Olympic Games, the Junior Nationals are held every year in a different host city in the United States through a bidding process.

Athletes must have a physical, visual, or intellectual impairment that is classifiable under the International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC) Classification System.

Athletes must also achieve required qualifying standards prior to the Junior Nationals registration deadline.

Junior disabled athlete Joey Chiavaroli, at the 2004 NJDC in Mesa, Arizona