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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Athletes with disabilities"”.
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Hidden disabilities: A study in the application of IDEA and Section 504 in the high school athletics
… unidentified (Cortiella & Horowitz, 2014). These disabilities often go unnoticed; they are hidden. According to Beyer, Flores, and Vargas-Tonsing (2008) most athletic coaches at the varsity level believe that athletes with disabilities have a right to participate in traditional high school sports. …
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20M Sprint Capacity Test, a component of the Wheelchair Sports Performance Test : A Smartwheel ® Technology Field Validation Pilot Study
… two trials of the 20M Sprint Capacity test with the SmartWheel® placed on each side of a wheelchair, provided by the researcher. Results of this research focus on the potential relationships existing between the variables of push length (r = .650), push frequency (r = .594), peak force (r = …
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The “Other” athletes: Representations of disability in Canadian print media during the London 2012 Paralympic Games
… stories told by the media about Paralympic athletes have the potential to influence our understanding of disability. This study reveals the representation of Paralympic athletes in Canada’s two national newspapers The National Post and The Globe & Mail surrounding the London 2012 Paralympic …
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Beyond incredible: The Paralympic road to Rio - an ethnographic study
… Paralympic Committee Classification System within Paralympic track and field. Subjects were observed and select participants interviewed after being identified through purposeful snowball sampling. Observation notes, transcribed semi-structured interviews, social media posts, and media …
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Disability and participation in physical activity and non-elite sport environments: a critical investigation of persons with disabilities experiences
… social exclusion. However, for many persons with disabilities and people trapped within the poverty cycle, sport remains elusive in terms of accessible process and practice. To better understand sport's wider inclusionary and exclusionary outcomes this study explored experiences of persons …