SS2 (classification)

Les Autres sport classification was originally created and then governed by the International Sports Organization for the Disabled (ISOD).^[3][4][5][6] Currently, classification is overseen by IWAS,^[7][8] having taken over this role following the 2005 merger of ISMWSF and ISOD.^[9][10]

National sport organizations handle classification on the national level. In the United Kingdom, this is the British Amputee and Les Autres Sports Association.^[11][12][13] In the United States, this is the United States Les Autres Sports Association.^[2] The classification system used in the United States has generally matched the international norms, though in track in field there have been five wheelchair classes and five ambulatory classes for Les Autres sportspeople.^[14] In Australia, Wheelchair Sports Australia was the governing body for classification for Les Autres sportspeople,^[15] with Disability Sports Australia taking over the role following the 2003 merger of Australian Sports Organisation for the Disabled (ASOD), Cerebral Palsy Australian Sports and Recreation Federation (CPASRF) and Wheelchair Sports Australia (WSA).^[16]

The comparable SS2 class in IPC athletics is T41 and F41.^[1] In 2010, the IPC announced that they would release a new IPC Athletics Classification handbook that specifically dealt with physical impairments. This classification guide would be put into effect following the closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Paralympics. One of these changes was creating a minimum age to compete in this class.^[17] Athletes needed to be at least 18 years old to compete. This was to prevent still growing children from competing in this class despite otherwise not having a disability.^[18]

Powerlifting is one of the sports available to people in this class. Rather than be separated by disability type, people in this sport are separated based on weight classes.^[19] Swimming is another sport available to people in this class. SS1 swimmers may be found in several classes. These include S6.^[20] Another sport available to people in this class is para-equestrian. Because people in this class are often ambulant, LAF5 riders may be found in Grade 1 or Grade 4. Grade 1 is typically for people with cerebral palsy, les autres and spinal cord injuries who have severe levels of disability.^[21]