The Professionalisation of Paralympic Sport and Implications for the Retirement Experiences of Paralympians

2021 ◽  
pp. 32-45
Author(s):  
Andrea Bundon
Keyword(s):  
Paralympic Sport

The Rio 2016 Paralympic Games: The Visibility of People With Disabilities in Brazil as a Possible Legacy

2020 ◽  
pp. 216747952094273
Author(s):  
Doralice Lange de Souza ◽  
Ian Brittain
Keyword(s):  
Medical Model ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Disability Rights ◽  
Negative Stereotypes ◽  
The Media ◽  
Paralympic Sport ◽  
Medical Model Of Disability ◽  
Managerial Positions ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Paralympic Games

There are claims that the Paralympic Games (PG) might contribute to a better world for people with disabilities (PWD). However, there are also claims that the PG might in fact be counterproductive to the PWD’s rights movement because they might promote the medical model of disability and/or ableism. In this context, we developed a qualitative exploratory study to investigate the legacies of the Rio 2016 PG from the perspective of disability rights activists and people involved in Paralympic sport managerial positions. In this article, we discuss one of the main perceived legacies that the PG fostered PWD’s visibility and a change in society’s perception of PWD. We conducted 24 open in-depth interviews and found that, for our participants, the PG worked as a showcase for PWD who were rarely seen in the media and in public spaces before the Games. This visibility helped to challenge negative stereotypes and stigmas associated with PWD, as well as possibly opening new doors for them. Our interviewees believe that we shouldn’t expect that the PG alone can change people’s perceptions and PWD’s status overnight. They are part of a larger and complex set of actions that are slowly contributing to this process.

scholarly journals La motivación en el deporte adaptado

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Miguel Ángel Torralba ◽  
Marcelo Braz ◽  
Maria José Rubio
Keyword(s):  
Visually Impaired ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Sports Activity ◽  
Motor Disabilities ◽  
Sport Practice ◽  
Participation Motivation ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Form Part ◽  
Paralympic Sport ◽  
Fitness And Health

Resumen: El presente estudio examina la motivación hacia la práctica deportiva de personas con discapacidad que forman parte del deporte federado. La muestra está compuesta por 134 deportistas de ambos géneros y diferente discapacidad. Como instrumento se ha utilizado el Cuestionario “Participation Motivation Inventory”, de Gill, Gross y Huddleston, adaptado al deporte Paralímpico y que describe las principales razones que incitan a la actividad deportiva. En los resultados no se han encontrado diferencia significativa entre hombres y mujeres, ni entre ciegos - discapacitados visuales y discapacitados físico motriz. Sobre la motivación de la práctica deportiva, cabe destacar la importancia dada a los factores de condición física y salud, tales como practicar deporte, mejorar el nivel, competir, sentirse bien o divertirse, muy por encima de por ser popular, por influencia de los entrenadores o satisfacer a los padres. Motivation in adapted sport Abstract:This study examines the motivation for practice of sport of people with disabilities that form part to a federated sport.The sample was composed of 134 athletes of both genders and different disabilities.The “Participation Motivation Inventory Questionnaire” by Gill, Gross and Huddleston was used. The instrument was adapted to Paralympic sport and describes the main reasons that encourage the sports activity practice. The results haven´t found significant difference between men´s and women´s or between blind - visually impaired physical and motor disabilities. About the motivation of the practice of sport, worth highlighting the importance given to factors of fitness and health, like sport practice, improve the level, to compete, feel good and have fun, well above being popular, influenced by coaches or satisfy to parents.

Team Katniss? Adolescent Girls’ Participation in a Voluntary Archery After-School Program

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-110
Author(s):  
Shara Crookston
Keyword(s):  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
The United States ◽  
After School ◽  
School Program ◽  
Hunger Games ◽  
Playing Field ◽  
The Hunger Games ◽  
After School Program ◽  
Paralympic Sport ◽  
Katniss Everdeen

According to USA Archery, the National Governing Body for the Olympic and Paralympic sport of archery, since December of 2011, the number of archery clubs has nearly doubled and individual membership is up 25%. Owners of archery ranges across the United States are experiencing long waiting lists of adolescents who are interested in learning the sport, and many owners contribute this surge in popularity to The Hunger Games (2008–2010) franchise, a dystopian series featuring Katniss Everdeen, a bow and arrow wielding teenage girl who becomes a reluctant revolutionary instrumental in destroying a totalitarian government. The link between the series and the recent surge in archery is explored here. In this feminist, qualitative study, nine girls (n = 9) between the ages of 11 and 14 were interviewed about their experience participating in at least one 6-week after-school archery program. The results of this study suggest that The Hunger Games series influenced the girls, both directly and indirectly, to participate in the archery program. Additionally, this study found that archery is a sport where both active and less active girls feel they can compete with boys on a level playing field. Lastly, the participants did not report experiencing sexism or bullying as a result of their archery participation. The author provides applications and recommendations for further research.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Dietary Supplement Use in Wheelchair Rugby Athletes

Nutrients ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 1958 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robyn Madden ◽  
Jane Shearer ◽  
David Legg ◽  
Jill Parnell
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Supplement ◽  
Wheelchair Rugby ◽  
Supplement Use ◽  
The Past ◽  
Nutritional Guidelines ◽  
Athletes With Disabilities ◽  
Supplement Usage ◽  
Paralympic Sport ◽  
Dietary Supplement Use ◽  
Reasons For Use

Wheelchair rugby is a rapidly growing Paralympic sport; however, research remains predominantly in the realms of physiology and biomechanics. Currently, there is little investigation into nutrition and dietary supplement use among wheelchair rugby athletes (WRA). The aim of this study was to assess the types of dietary supplements (DS) used, the prevalence of usage, and the reasons for use among WRA. The secondary aim was to report utilized and preferred sources of nutritional information among this population. A valid, reliable Dietary Supplement Questionnaire was used to report supplement use and reasons for use. Male (n = 33) and female (n = 9) WRA were recruited at a national tournament and through emailing coaches of various Canadian teams. Dietary supplement usage was prevalent as 90.9% of males and 77.8% of females reported usage within the past three months with the most regularly used supplements being vitamin D (26.2%), electrolytes (19.5%), and protein powder (19.5%). The most common reason for usage was performance. The top sources of nutrition information were dietitian/nutritionist and the internet. Further investigation into DS use is needed to help create nutritional guidelines that are accessible to WRA and athletes with disabilities in general.

The Singaporean Paralympics and Its Media Portrayal: Real Sport? Men-Only?

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 446-465 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Brooke
Keyword(s):  
Women Athletes ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Sexual Objectification ◽  
Media Portrayal ◽  
Disabled Women ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
The Media ◽  
Paralympic Sport ◽  
Dual Burden ◽  
Discursive Representations

This article explores the discursive representations of Paralympians in South East Asia, particlarly in Singapore. One goal is to look at the extent and nature of media coverage of the Paralympics. Another goal of the research is to examine whether female Paralympians are exposed to the dual burden of sexist and ablest ideology in the media. Over 2 years, data from 100 articles were collected from three local Singaporean and Asian media sources; additionally, interviews and a survey were conducted with both Paralympians and citizens from the disabled community as well as a cohort of nondisabled Singaporean citizens. Findings suggest that coverage of Paralympic sport is significantly low, and that patriotism is more starkly linked to the Paralympics than the Olympics. Findings also suggest that othering (presenting the disabled as passive as well as challenged), or the supercrip narrative is apparent. Disabled women athletes tend to be overrepresented in passive poses out of the sport field. Finally, and more positively, the study finds that there are many images of Paralympian women as sophisticated and attractive without being sexually provocative. Therefore, evidence of sexual objectification or presentation of asexual disabled women tends not to be as present, as other similar studies have found.

scholarly journals Elite coaches’ use and engagement with performance analysis within Olympic and Paralympic sport

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 764-779
Author(s):  
Scott B. Nicholls ◽  
Nic James ◽  
Elizabeth Bryant ◽  
Julia Wells
Keyword(s):  
Performance Analysis ◽  
Paralympic Sport

Para Sport and Paralympic Sport

2020 ◽  
Vol 99 (11) ◽  
pp. 975-976
Author(s):  
Jan Lexell ◽  
Walter R. Frontera
Keyword(s):  
Paralympic Sport

Classification of Disabled Athletes: (Dis)Empowering the Paralympic Practice Community

2006 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. David Howe ◽  
Carwyn Jones
Keyword(s):  
International Organizations ◽  
Functional System ◽  
Classification Systems ◽  
Specific System ◽  
Organization And Management ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Paralympic Sport ◽  
Practice Community ◽  
Paralympic Games

In recent years the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), the institution responsible for the administration, organization, and management of the Paralympic Games, has reshaped the landscape of sport for the disabled. This article argues that the IPC has marginalized the practice community, notably the International Organizations of Sport for the Disabled. By wrestling away control of the classification systems developed by these organizations, the IPC has transformed them to such an extent that they fail to provide opportunities for equitable sporting practice and the result has been a threat to the ideology of Paralympism. We illustrate this by examining two classification systems that are currently used within Paralympic Sport: the integrated functional system employed in the sport of swimming and the disability-specific system used within athletics.

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