Examining the Inclusion of Wheelchair Exhibition Events within the Olympic Games 1984–2004

Legg, David; Fay, Ted; Hums, Mary A.; Wolff, Eli A.

doi:10.1080/16184740903023997

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“…Ongoing debate ensues regarding the ideal level of cooperation necessary for the full recognition of Paralympic athletes. Although some individuals in the Paralympic Movement believe that the Paralympic and Olympic Games should ultimately be combined into one event, others endorse the Paralympics as a sporting event with sufficient size, scope, and media attention to warrant its own unique stage distinct from, yet affiliated with, the Olympics [8,9].…”

Section: The Paralympic Movement: Founding Principles and Future Dirementioning

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The Paralympic Movement: Using Sports to Promote Health, Disability Rights, and Social Integration for Athletes With Disabilities

Blauwet

Willick

2012

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Competitive sports for people with disabilities has grown rapidly over the past several decades, and opportunities for participation are increasingly available throughout the spectrum from developmental to elite. The Paralympic Games, seen as the pinnacle sporting event that represents the broader Paralympic Movement, has provided a platform to showcase the abilities of people with disabilities while also serving as a catalyst for disability rights through ensuring integration, equality of opportunity, and accessibility of the built environment. Concurrently, media coverage of the Paralympic Games has led to an increased awareness of opportunities for sport participation for individuals with disabilities and, with it, the adjustment of norms regarding expectations for exercise as a component of preventive health. In addition, there is evidence of the power of sports to stimulate confidence, self-efficacy, and a self-perceived high quality of life for individuals with disabilities above and beyond the basic benefits to cardiometabolic fitness. When taken together, the promotion of health, disability rights, and social integration through sports has the power to transform the lives of those who participate and to further stimulate the expansion of opportunities available to the next generation of athletes with disabilities.

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Section: The Paralympic Movement: Founding Principles and Future Dirementioning

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The Paralympic Movement: Using Sports to Promote Health, Disability Rights, and Social Integration for Athletes With Disabilities

Blauwet

Willick

2012

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148

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“…2,14 The question of how, if at all, the therapeutic beyond the species-typical enabling bodily assistive devices might change this dynamic is pressing. Du Toit, McKeever, and Pistorius are recent examples of this.…”

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Therapeutic Bodily Assistive Devices and Paralympic Athlete Expectations in Winter Sport

Wolbring¹

2012

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

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“…The first Paralympic Games were held in Rome in 1960 and featured 400 athletes from 23 countries (International Paralympic Committee, n.d.). In 1989, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) was formed as an advocacy movement to support the growth and development of Paralympic sports through the Paralympic Games (Blauwet & Willick, 2012;Legg, Fay, Hums, & Wolff, 2009). The Paralympic Movement represents one level of sport for people with disabilities.…”

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Campus recreation inclusion for people with disabilities: a qualitative investigation of current inclusive practices.

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Examining the Inclusion of Wheelchair Exhibition Events within the Olympic Games 1984–2004

Cited by 15 publications

References 5 publications

The Paralympic Movement: Using Sports to Promote Health, Disability Rights, and Social Integration for Athletes With Disabilities

The Paralympic Movement: Using Sports to Promote Health, Disability Rights, and Social Integration for Athletes With Disabilities

Therapeutic Bodily Assistive Devices and Paralympic Athlete Expectations in Winter Sport

Campus recreation inclusion for people with disabilities: a qualitative investigation of current inclusive practices.

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