2011 ASEAN Para Games
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| Host city | Surakarta | ||
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| Country | Indonesia | ||
| Motto | United and rising through sports for all | ||
| Nations participating | 11 | ||
| Athletes participating | 2000+ | ||
| Events | 380 | ||
| Sports | 11 | ||
| Opening ceremony | 15 December 2011 | ||
| Closing ceremony | 20 December 2011 | ||
| Officially opened by |
Boediono Vice President of Indonesia |
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| Officially closed by |
Agung Laksono Coordinating Minister of the People's Welfare of Indonesia |
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| Ceremony venue | Manahan Stadium | ||
| Website | 2011 ASEAN Para Games | ||
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The 2011 ASEAN Para Games, officially known as 6th ASEAN Para Games was a multi-sport event held from 15 to 20 December 2011, in Surakarta (Solo) Central Java, Indonesia three months after the 2011 Southeast Asian Games with 380 events in 11 sports and disciplines featured in the games. Solo's Manahan Stadium was the main Games venue.
The ASEAN Para Games is traditionally hosted by the same country and sport venues where the Southeast Asian Games took place. Lack of accessible facilities or inexperience in catering to the needs for disabled sport has recently triggered a change of country – Malaysia rather than Laos for the 2009 ASEAN ParaGames. The trend continues with the substitution of hosting city - Solo rather than Jakarta in this edition of the Para Games. Indonesia hosted the Southeast Asian Games for the fourth time but host the ASEAN Para Games for the first time, and is the fifth nation to host the ASEAN Para Games after Malaysia, Vietnam, Philippines and Thailand.
The final medal tally was led by Thailand, followed by host Indonesia and Malaysia. Several games, Asian and National records were broken during the games. The games were deemed generally a successful one held in Indonesia which saw the rising standard of disabled sports competition amongst Southeast Asian nations.
The 6th ASEAN Para Games was hosted by Surakarta (Solo), Central Java. Previously, Indonesia hosted the 2011 Southeast Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang. But given the fact that both the Southeast Asian Games host did not provide disabled-friendly facilities, Surakarta was chosen as the host city of the games because it provides facilities friendly to disabled athletes.
The Indonesian ASEAN Para Games Organising Committee (INASPOC) is the organising committee for the 6th ASEAN Para Games. INASPOC is chaired by Prof. James Tangkudong under the aegis of the National Paralympic Committee of Indonesia to oversee the staging of the event.
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