This is in contrast to later Paralympics that include events for participants that fit into any of five different disability categories ; amputation , either congenital or sustained through injury or illness ; cerebral palsy ; wheelchair athletes ; visual impairment , including blindness ; Les autres , any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories , for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis .
This is different from later Paralympics that include events for participants that fit into any of five different disability categories ; amputation , either congenital or sustained through injury or illness ; cerebral palsy ; wheelchair athletes ; visual impairment , including blindness ; Les autres , any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories , for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis .