The Paralympic Games explained
By: Ian Brittain.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780415476584; 9780415476591; 9780203885567
Subjects: Sports for people with disabilities
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The history and development of the Paralympic Games; title: The olympic movement and the Paralympic Games; title: The governance of paralympic sport; title: Disability and the body; title: The broader social issues of disability within society and their impact on sports participation; title: Media, marketing and disability sport; title: Major issues within the paralympic movement; title: The under representation of women and athletes with high support needs at the Paralympic Games; title: International perspectives on paralympic participation; title: Special olympics, intellectual disability and the paralympic games.