School Paralympics, which is open to athletes from across Brazil aged between 12 and 17, is billed as the world's largest event for school-age children with impairments. It was first held in 2009 and has become an annual event staged at the CPB's Paralympic Training Centre in São Paulo. Para-taekwondo's inclusion comes four years after the Brazilian Confederation of Taekwondo (CBTKD) committed to supporting the discipline. The CBTKD highlighted the reach of the School Paralympics - it features athletes from all 26 Brazilian states, plus the Federal District - as being particularly significant. This will enable the CBTKD to bring the sport to new places and uncovered new talents, it is hoped. Para-taekwondo is due to make its Paralympic debut at Tokyo 2020 later this year. Brazil qualified two athletes at last year's qualification tournament in Costa Rica.