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    The document discusses disability in sport, noting that individuals with disabilities are normal people who enjoy hanging out with friends and participating in sports. It describes several Paralympic and Deaflympic sports like wheelchair basketball, archery, and alpine skiing. Additionally, it addresses discrimination and stereotyping of people with disabilities.

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    Disability

    in Sport
    Disability Awareness
    On Equal Terms
    "Disabled people are tired of being invisible and are declaring their right to an equal
    chance at life." -Christopher Reeve

    • Have you ever wondered what it's like to have a disability? How does a
    person who can't see read? Can a person with a physical disability
    participate in sports? If you couldn't hear, how would you talk with your
    friends? Do people with disabilities get frustrated; have friends, like ice
    cream? Can you catch a disability?

    • Individuals with disabilities are real people whose disability is as normal to


    them as you having brown, blue, or green eyes or red, blond, brown, or
    black hair. They have feelings. They like some of the same things you do,
    including hanging out with friends. If you were to make friends with a
    person with a disability what effect would it have on your life?
    Discrimination
    Visually impaired athlete
    Jason Smyth
    • Discrimination can include
    treating the person
    unfavourably because of their
    disability, or because of
    assumptions made about
    people with that type of
    disability.
    Common Ways People with a Disability are viewed and treated:

    Unfortunately, and inaccurately, people with disabilities are often viewed


    as:

    • victims, or objects of pity


    • horrible or grotesque
    • burdens, either on society or on their families and carers
    • unable, or assumed to be unable, to do things
    • having multiple disabilities (such as assuming that a person who uses a
    wheelchair also has an intellectual disability)
    • childlike
    • "special"
    Discrimination
    • because of assumptions made
    about people with that type of
    Handcyclist
    disability Mark Rohan

    • This is known as:

    STEREOTYPING
    Stereotyping
    • Is a preconceived or oversimplified
    generalisation involving negative
    beliefs about a particular group.

    • Negative stereotypes are frequently at


    the base of prejudice.
    Rower Sarah Caffrey
    • The danger of stereotyping is that it no
    longer considers people as individuals,
    but rather categorises them as
    members of a group who all think and
    behave in the same way.

    • How do we pick up on
    stereotypes?
    Wheel Chair Rugby
    • The sport's original name was Murder
    ball; in the United States, it is referred
    to as quad rugby.

    • All wheelchair rugby players are


    quadriplegic, as the rules require that
    they must have a disability that affects all
    or a portion of both the upper and lower
    extremities.

    • The majority of wheelchair rugby


    athletes have spinal cord injuries at the
    level of their cervical vertebrae.

    • Wheelchair rugby is a mixed sport, with


    men and women competing on the same
    teams and is played indoors on a
    hardwood court.
    Paralympic Sports
    • There are 20 sports in the Paralympic programme for London 2012,
    breaking down into disciplines and events.

    Paralympic Archery
    Paralympic Athletics
    Paralympic Cycling – Road
    Paralympic Equestrian
    Paralympic Judo
    Paralympic Rowing
    Paralympic Sailing
    Paralympic Swimming
    Paralympic Table Tennis
    Powerlifting
    Volleyball - Sitting
    Wheelchair Basketball
    Wheelchair Fencing
    Wheelchair Rugby
    Deaflympics • Summer Disciplines: 19 •
    Athletics
    • Badminton
    • Basketball
    The current Summer and Winter Deaflympics • Beach Volleyball
    • Bowling
    programme includes 24 disciplines. • Cycling Road
    • Football
    • Judo
    • Karate
    • Mountain Bike
    • Orienteering
    • Shooting
    • Swimming
    • Table Tennis
    • Taekwondo
    • Tennis
    • Volleyball
    • Wrestling Freestyle
    • Wrestling Greco-Roman

    Winter Disciplines: 5
    •Alpine Skiing
    • Cross Country Skiing
    • Curling
    • Ice Hockey
    • Snowboard
    Useful websites:
    www.paralympics.ie/
    www.deaflympics.com
    www.london2012.com/games/paralympic

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