The Paralympic Games explained
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York :
Routledge,
2009.
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Table of Contents:
- The history and development of the Paralympic Games
- The olympic movement and the Paralympic Games
- The governance of paralympic sport
- Disability and the body
- The broader social issues of disability within society and their impact on sports participation
- Media, marketing and disability sport
- Major issues within the paralympic movement
- The under representation of women and athletes with high support needs at the Paralympic Games
- International perspectives on paralympic participation
- The Special Olympics, intellectual disability and the Paralympic Games.