These determine the complexity of the athletes' movements on the horses, judging contestants against others with similar disability types.

The classifications are grouped into three general disability types: standing, blind and sitting.

Acknowledging membership needs though, some rules had organically developed that looked like classifications based on rule modification for different disability types.

Some sports are only held for certain disability types.

There are fourteen classifications based on functional disability type.

Toto address this, in 1990 point consideration was eliminated for disability types that did not impact performance.

All disability types were eligible to participate at the 1992 Summer Paralympics.

Football players with a disability are classified into different categories based on their disability type.

He competes in the standing group, one of the three general disability types in para-alpine skiing.

This classification was part of the overall blind class group, and was still medically based despite changes in other disability types.