Wheelchair basketball, shooting, swimming and track cycling are among the events set to feature on the opening day.
Swimming is one of four sports in the Manchester competition with athletics, cycling and wheelchair basketball also taking place.
Other competitors included model Nell McAndrew, Olympic hurdle champion Sally Gunnell, wheelchair basketball player Ade Adepitan and rugby star Matt Dawson.
There will also be a 10-week magazine programme called That Paralympic Show, presented by Rick Edwards and wheelchair basketball medallist Ade Adepitan.
She said one example was Swansea Storm wheelchair basketball club.
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Connor had been one of three Canadian athletes nominated to carry their country's flag at Friday's opening ceremony but that honour now falls to wheelchair basketball star Chantal Benoit.
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Now in his third term as IPC president, Sir Philip - a former Paralympic wheelchair basketball player - also wants to see the word disability banished from the dictionary.
It is hoped that lesser-known sports such as sitting volleyball, boccia and wheelchair basketball will attract large crowds, and organisers are optimistic more affordable prices will help sell the remaining tickets.
The report also says schools should find ways to offer disability-specific teams, such as wheelchair tennis or wheelchair basketball, either on their own (for larger districts), or cooperatively with other schools or park districts (for smaller districts).
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In the vote she beat off the challenge of fellow Delhi gold medallists Kyle Pettey from Canada, Nigeria's Kate Nwaka Oputa and Kurt Fearnley of Australia as well as GB wheelchair basketball player Dan Highcock, who made headlines after scoring a basket from well inside his own half during a Spanish league game.
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