PERLS207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Athetosis, Short Stature, Developmental Disability
6 Dec 2017
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December 5th parasport: the (cid:498)para(cid:499) in parasport stands for parallel not paraplegic, parallel meaning parallel to able bodied sport. Big money buys opportunity to define yourself well beyond the narrow (cid:498)there are three ways out of the disability ghetto: money, politics, and sports. confines of disability. It is clearly becoming the most accessible vehicle for (wyeth, 1989, p. 5: the word disability focuses on the lack of ability while sport focuses on ability and therefore, redefines the idea of disability through the context of sport. What are the 3 ways out of the (cid:498)disability ghetto(cid:499): money, politics, sports. What did disability sport organizations look like in the past/ when did disability sport organizations emerge? (timeline between 1870-1989) Introduction of wheelchair sport: 1939-1945, wwii increased survival rates of people with sci reintegrate sport into their lives, these individuals were well respected and were looking to, 1948, first stoke mandeville games.
