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Disabled Sport
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- Sport and Exercise Science
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Disabled Sport• Sport is greatly valued by people with disabilities, this is because of the rehabilitative
influence sport can have on both the physical body and by rehabilitating people into
society.
• Sport also teaches independence.
• Disability is a restriction in the ability to perform a normal activity of daily living
which someone of the same age is able to perform.
• A disability may be physical, mental, sensory, emotional, developmental or a
combination of these.
• A disability may be present from birth or occur during a persons lifetime.
• Handicapped describes a person who, because of their disability, is unable to achieve
the normal role in society appropriate with their age.
• e.g) a person who cannot go to the toilet by themselves is handicapped
• e.g) a person who is in a wheelchair but attends a regular school and is fully
independent is disabled
• The number of people with disabilities involved in sport and physical recreation is
increasing around the world with organised sports for athletes with disabilities.
• They are divided into 3 main disability groups:
1. Sports for the deaf
2. Sports for people with physical disabilities
3. Sports for people with intellectual disabilities
• The point of the Paralympics is to have races that are fair.
• Thats why there is a classification system in place.
• There are 10 classes with those with a physical impairment.
• In each class the lower the number the more severe the disability.
• For example there are classifications such as:
1. Impaired muscle power ~ reduced force generated by muscles of 1 limb or the lower
half of the body caused by spinal chord injures.
2. Impaired passive range ~ range of movement in 1 or more joints is reduced
permanently.
• In swimming, there are 3 major classifications:
1. Physical impairment ~ PI
2. Visual impairment ~ VI
3. Intellectual impairment ~ II
• A wide range of sports have been adapted to be played by people with various
disabilities, as well as several that are unique to disabled athletes.
• Within each sporting body, different sports are practiced at different levels; for
example: not all sports are part of the Paralympic Games.
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