“It’s ability, not disability that counts,” is the motto of the Dallas Wheelchair Mavericks and their mission is simple: use (our) resources to maintain a competitive wheelchair team, use resources to help improve the lives of individuals with disabilities and use resources to support agencies working to help improve the condition of the lives of individuals with disabilities.

Not only do the Dallas Wheelchair Mavericks help themselves, they inspire others who know about them.

The Mavericks are the Dallas franchise of The National Wheelchair Basketball Association (NWBA), which has approximately 200 teams in 5 divisions including one women's division, and one junior division.

The Dallas Wheelchair Mavericks have been around since 1972. Originally started as the Dallas Raiders by two Vietnam Veterans, the team changed its name in 1981 under a publicity agreement with the emergent NBA Dallas Mavericks. On a national level the Wheelchair Mavericks are one of the top teams winning the National Wheelchair Basketball Association's Championship for four consecutive years from 1996-97 - 2000-2001.

The Wheelchair Mavericks roster comprises approximately twelve athletes each year. The overall organization also supports a Division II team and a women's team. When not on the court, the Wheelchair Mavericks engage in public speaking engagements and other community service activities. The Wheelchair Mavs are also partnered with the NBA Mavericks in the promotion of the Read-to-Achieve Initiative as well as the NBA Mavericks Adopt-A-School Program.

With the same principles in mind as their seniors, the Dallas Junior Wheelchair Mavericks offer a wheelchair basketball team for children (ages 6-18) with physical disabilities otherwise not offered in other local community-based programs. Their mission is to give kids an opportunity to excel and mainstream into society.

Both organizations provide motivation for individuals to belong and be counted, no matter how many points they score.