The Paralympic Games is the second largest multi-sport festival on earth and an event which
poses profound and challenging questions about the nature of sport, disability and society …

With a few exceptions, media visibility and representation of people with disabilities is
scarce. It is biased and anchored in stigma, distorting their image and hindering their full …

Mega-events attract ever larger media audiences, and the 2016 Rio Paralympics were no
exception. As audiences grow, media coverage extends to ever more varied domains, which …

The growing work that addresses coaching disabled athletes has thus far failed to engage
with the field of disability studies, and as a result misses a crucial opportunity to develop a …

The International Paralympic Committee, UK Government, and the Organizing Committee for
the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games all contended that the London 2012 …

There is significant interest in how sports events and their associated legacies could act as a
platform to address global challenges and engender social change. The United Nations …

Organisational stressors have been found to be prevalent and problematic for sport
performers, with research identifying demographic differences in the stressors encountered …

Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) have become an accepted way to make learning
opportunities available at large scale and with low cost to the learner. However, only if these …

The purpose of this study was to seek to understand and describe the experiences of sixth
grade students, ages 11 and 12, taking part in the published Paralympic School Day (PSD) …

This empirically-grounded text examines the policy, planning, development and
implementation of disability sport events. It draws insights from a major international …