Within the parasport community itself, inclusivity and access is a real issue, especially for those who do not fit the mold of how we think an athlete “should” look or move.
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Most sporting equipment is designed with typical able-bodied athletes in mind, whereas custom equipment to meet a particular Paralympian’s needs can be expensive. 3D printing offers a third way.
Some Paralympic powerlifters lift heavier weights than athletes without disabilities. Here’s what we know about why this might be.
The #WeThe15 movement is rooted in good intention and falls short in a big way by using the Paralympic Games as a backdrop to its launch.
The media determines how Paralympians are depicted to viewers. What it chooses to focus on can help change attitudes about disability.
The Paralympics are the stage for a battle between the exclusivity of elite sport and the inclusivity the movement aims to nurture. Can the event effect true social change?
As the Summer Games warm up, more research is needed on how heat acclimation can help Paralympians in particular prepare for extreme conditions
The 2024 Paris Paralympics are cutting four swimming events. Those who will be affected are athletes with the most severe impairments.
Since the Games’ post-war beginnings, the Paralympics have become the second-largest mega-event in the international sporting calendar. Is the core purpose being lost?
Physical activity barriers are still prevalent for people with disabilities, despite the increase in participation in the Paralympic Games.
The relaxed rules allow Brisbane to bid to host the Olympics at a much lower cost than previous host cities have had to bear. But who really benefits?
The human rights of disabled people around the globe can be accessed as an online map for sports and competition.
The Australian Paralympic Federation took a new approach for the training, preparation and selection of its athletes for the Sydney Games, helping Australia win the most gold and overall medals.
For athletes, COVID-19 means more than cancelled competitions. Having their athletic goals put on hold and their training routines disrupted can take a toll on athletes’ mental health.
As the new coronavirus has spread around the world, sporting matches and events have been staged behind closed doors, postponed and increasingly cancelled outright.
The White House proposed these cuts for three years in a row. That clashes with longstanding bipartisan leadership regarding rights for all people with disabilities.
The Olympics have been plagued by doping, corruption and political problems. But academic and former Olympian Bruce Kidd says the Olympic Games are still an important humanitarian movement.
One way to get beyond gender barriers in sport would be to scrap sex segregation and replace it with a system similar to that of Paralympic disciplines.
Paralympic sport is meant to be inclusive and fair but athletes don’t face a level playing field. Those from higher income countries can compete more easily.
The success of para-athletes at the Paralympics is helping to change perceptions of those with disabilities.
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Professor of Social Inclusion - UTS Business School - Co-Lead UTS Disability Research Network - Australian Centre for Olympic and Sport Studies - Centre for Sport, Business and Society, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, University of Tasmania
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Professor, Western University
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Facilitator, Australian Paralympic History Project, The University of Queensland
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Associate professor, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Physical activity and Disability, Queensland Centre for Olympic and Paralympic Studies, School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Sport History, Queensland Centre for Olympic and Paralympic Studies, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
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Professor, Dept of Health and Physical Education, Mount Royal University
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Senior Lecturer in Sports Development, University of Hertfordshire
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Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, University of Tasmania
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Associate Professor of Health & Physical Education (Adj.), Charles Sturt University
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Senior Lecturer, Clinical Exercise Physiology, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Professor, School of Management and Marketing, Curtin University
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Lecturer, Master of Exercise Science (Strength and Conditioning), Edith Cowan University
