The Paralympic Games is a major international multi-sport event involving athletes with a range of disabilities, including impaired muscle power (e.g. paraplegia and quadriplegia, muscular dystrophy, post-polio syndrome, spina bifida), impaired passive range of movement, limb deficiency (e.g. amputation or dysmelia), leg length difference, short stature, hypertonia, ataxia, athetosis, vision impairment and intellectual impairment. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Games in Seoul, South Korea, are held almost immediately following the respective Olympic Games. All Paralympic Games are governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

The Paralympics has grown from a small gathering of British World War II veterans in 1948 to become one of the largest international sporting events by the early 21st century. Paralympians strive for equal treatment with non-disabled Olympic athletes, but there is a large funding gap between Olympic and Paralympic athletes.

The Paralympic Games are organized in parallel with the Olympic Games, while the IOC-recognized Special Olympics World Games include athletes with intellectual disabilities, and the Deaflympics include deaf athletes.

Given the wide variety of disabilities that Paralympic athletes have, there are several categories in which the athletes compete. The allowable disabilities are broken down into ten eligible impairment types. The categories are impaired muscle power, impaired passive range of movement, limb deficiency, leg length difference, short stature, hypertonia, ataxia, athetosis, vision impairment and intellectual impairment. These categories are further broken down into classifications, which vary from sport to sport. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What event is held following the Olympic Games?
2. How many seasons are the games held?
3. Which are?
4. When did they begin?
5. Who were the first to participate?
6. What are two types of disabilities that athletes may have?
7. What event do those with hearing loss participate in?
8. And those who have limited comprehension abilities?
9. Does everyone in Paralympics compete in the same category?
10. How many are there?
11. What are they divided by?
12. Who provides oversight of all Paralympic games?
13. Do athletes in the paralympics have as much financial backing as athletes in the Olympics?
14. Are the events organized simultaneously?
15. Where were the Summer Olympics in 1988?
16. What tradition began following the Olympics that year?
17. Was the first Paralympics game a huge event?
Answer: 1. Paralympic Games
2. Two
3. Winter and Summer
4. 1948
5. British World War II veterans
6. impaired muscle power and impaired passive range of movement,
7. the Deaflympics
8. Special Olympics World Games
9. no
10. 10
11. impairment types.
12. the International Paralympic Committee
13. no
14. no
15. Seoul, South Korea
16. the Winter and Summer Paralympic Games
17. no

CHAPTER VIII

AN AWFUL RESPONSIBILITY

John Hardaway, although he was a solicitor in a very busy practice, did not keep his friend waiting for a moment. "Come in, Deane, old chap," he said. "Is this business or friendship?"

"Mostly business," declared Deane.

Hardaway glanced at the clock. "Twelve minutes, precisely," he said. "Fire away, there's a good fellow. You are not going to give me the affairs of the Incorporated Gold-Mines Association to look after, I suppose?"

"Not I," Deane answered. "They need a more subtle brain than yours, I am afraid. I have come to see you about the other affair."

The lawyer nodded. "You heard the result?" he asked. "We did what we could."

"Perhaps," Deane answered. "The only thing is that you did not do enough. I am perfectly convinced, Hardaway, that that man did not go there with the intention of murdering Sinclair."

"The evidence," Hardaway remarked, "was exceedingly awkward."

"Do you think," Deane asked, "that there is any chance of a reprieve?"

"As things stand at present," said Hardaway, "I am afraid not."

Deane for the first time sat down. With frowning face, he seemed to be engaged in a deliberate study of the pattern of the carpet. "Hardaway," he said finally, "I want to ask you a question in criminal law."

The lawyer laughed dryly. "Not on your own account, I hope?"

"You can call it curiosity, or whatever you like," Deane answered. "The only point is that I want you to answer me a question, and forget that I have ever asked it you. Your lawyer is like your confessor, isn't he--your lawyer and your doctor?" What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who was a solicitor?
2. Who was he meeting with?
3. Who was he?
4. What did he want?
5. Was it about a case?
6. What time was it?
7. Did they hear about the results?
8. did he do enough?
9. What did Deane believe about the case?
10. what about the evidence?
11. Could there be a reprieve?
12. What was Deane studying?
13. Was he happy?
14. What did he inquire about?
15. Who did he ask?
Answer:
1. John Hardaway
2. Deane
3. his friend
4. Mostly business
5. No
6. unknown
7. Yes
8. No
9. the man had no intention of murdering Sinclair
10. it was exceedingly awkward
11. No
12. the pattern of the carpet
13. No
14. criminal law
15. isn't he--your lawyer and your doctor?"