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Competing Models of Disability: Medicalization’s Ambivalent Effects on the Paralympic Movement

Socius
Disability is predominantly understood as a medical problem. Since the 1980s, disability scholars have critiqued the medicalization of disability to illuminate disability’s social and political dimensions.
Evan T. Baughman
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Performance changes and relationship between vertical jump measures and actual sprint performance in elite sprinters with visual impairment throughout a Parapan American games training season

Frontiers in Physiology, 2015
The aims of this study were to estimate the magnitude of variability and progression in actual competitive and field vertical jump test performances in elite Paralympic sprinters with visual impairment in the year leading up to the 2015 Parapan American ...
Irineu eLoturco, Ciro eWinckler, Ronaldo eKobal, Cesar Cavinato Cal Abad, Katia eKitamura, Amaury Wagner Veríssimo, Lucas Adriano Pereira, Fábio Yuzo Nakamura   +7 more
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Sport science in the Paralympic movement

The Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, 2006
INTRODUCTION The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is the international governing body of sports for athletes with disabilities and acts as the International Federation for 12 sports. The IPC supervises and coordinates the Paralympic Summer and Winter Games and other multidisability competitions, such as the World Championships.
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Paris Olympics and Paralympics: Insights from nationwide coordination in preparedness, supply chain management and blood inventory

Vox Sanguinis, EarlyView.
Abstract The Paris 2024 Olympic Games posed a unique challenge due to their scale, associated risks and the need for robust healthcare preparedness. This review outlines the forecasting and anticipatory measures taken by the Etablissement français du sang (EFS) to ensure a resilient blood supply chain throughout the event.
Jean‐Baptiste Thibert, Hervé Meinrad, Thibaut Bocquet, Marjolaine Jacques, Thierry Baudonet, Pierre Tiberghien, Sabine Cléophax, Syria Laperche, Pierre Gallian, Sophie Le Cam   +9 more
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Parasports for cerebral palsy: Thinking and ‘prescribing’ beyond the Paralympics

Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, Volume 68, Issue 7, Page 896-902, July 2026.
This narrative review synthesizes current evidence on parasport participation for individuals with cerebral palsy, highlighting key benefits, and providing sport‐specific adaptations that enhance accessibility of parasport. Abstract The landscape of care for individuals with cerebral palsy (CP) has evolved far beyond ‘fixing’ impairments toward a life ...
Julia E. Hanes, Joel J. Ewert, Amalie Holmsen‐Wong, Peter Rosenbaum, Ram Mishaal, Dynai Eilig   +5 more
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Psychological characteristics of paralympic athletes’ self-realisation

Social Welfare: Interdisciplinary Approach, 2016
The Paralympic sport has become an important tool for post-traumatic recovery, adaptation, integration and social inclusion of people with disabilities.
Oleg M. Kokun, Oleksandr M. Shamych
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Negotiating Multiple Identities of Brazilian Paralympians

Social Sciences, 2021
In this article, I draw on the personal narratives of 41 Brazilian Paralympic athletes who competed in the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games to explore their multiple identities shaped within and outside sport and how they negotiated those self-representations ...
Lyusyena Kirakosyan
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A Collaborative Approach to Empower Students With Intellectual Disabilities in One Initial Teacher Education Programme Towards Inclusive Pedagogy

British Journal of Learning Disabilities, Volume 54, Issue 2, Page 285-295, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Background This study explores the impact of integrating collaborative learning and inclusive pedagogical strategies in an initial teacher education (ITE) programme on ITE students' understanding and implementation of inclusive education, particularly for students with intellectual disabilities (ID).
Camelia Nadia Bran, João Costa
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Towards Decarbonisation: Reducing Emissions From Transport in Olympic Host Cities

WIREs Climate Change, Volume 17, Issue 3, May/June 2026.
Hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games creates both substantial environmental impacts and a window of opportunity for significant climate action through urban transport decarbonisation. Specific economic, policy, and social factors shape interventions undertaken by host city decision‐makers, significantly influencing transport emissions and offering ...
Anais Fabre, Aysin Dedekorkut‐Howes, Millicent Kennelly, Michael Howes   +3 more
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Rehabilitation - Handicapted Sport And Paralympic

Research in Sports Science, 2019
The purpose of this study is to attract attention the relationship between Rehabilititation-Hancicapted Sport and Paralympic Games, and also to put forward the progress of Paralympic Games and the formation of it in our country from 1948 to 2010 ...
Nurettin Konar, Kadir Pepe
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