The International Olympic Committee–International Paralympic Committee Relationship

Legg, David; Fay, Ted; Wolff, Eli A.; Hums, Mary A.

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“…Therefore, the issue of no one caring about the disabled involvement in sports was moderate. This is in agreement with (Legg et al, 2015) which identified negative attitudes towards people with a disability as the major determinant of sports participation or non-participation within a developing country context. From open-ended questions, St34 stated that "the university has no sports for the students with disabilities while St35 said that, it has not done enough to pitch sports for the disabled".…”

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Evaluation of the Challenges of Inclusion Among Students With Disabilities in University Sports: The Case of Makerere University, Uganda

Tusiime

Odiango

2022

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Sport can provide a variety of mainstream and disability-specific opportunities across the inclusion spectrum for persons with disabilities. This study described the status of disability mainstreaming at Makerere University, Kampala, Central Uganda. In particular, the study described the challenges faced and how students with disabilities can be best included in Makerere University sports programmes. The study used a cross-sectional survey design using the quantitative and qualitative approaches on a sample size of 54 respondents. Data was collected by the use of self-administered questionnaires and an interview guide. The data was analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. Quantitative data analysis involved the calculation of descriptive statistics namely, frequencies, percentages and means for analysis. Qualitative data was analyzed through content analysis. The study found that challenges faced when including students with disabilities in sports were: materials (not sufficiently) adjusted or available, facilities not (sufficiently) adjusted, lack of financial support, inferiority complex among the student with disability, lack of confidence, discrimination and stereotype in the population, lack of inspiration, lack of modified sports according to different disabilities, expensive adopted sports equipment. Ways students with disabilities can be best included in Makerere University sports programmes included: identification of students with disabilities and acceptance, avail specific equipment, introduce fitting sport for different disabilities, provision of special coaches/ specialist for the disabled, design facilities (sufficiently) adjusted, sensitization for support from the environment, ensure safety for the disabled athletes, give bursaries to disabled talented students in sports, collaboration with NGO’s for financial support, exposure to role models, need for protective gears for students with disabilities, increase incentives for the coaches, introduce adapted sports galas for the disabled, increasing the disability opportunity into university entry scheme, provide incentives to the disabled sport’s participants and the need for the disabled administrator to work as a role model. This study recommended that policymakers should ensure that students with disabilities are empowered in sports to give them the freedom to sports participation at home, in institutions, in workplaces and in the field. Managers of sports should ensure players attain full security of the players, provide protective gear and adopt tactics that reduce fear of injuries. Management of sports organisations that involve students with disabilities should provide quality playing fields, and modified equipment, introduce more games, provide players adequate attention and advocate the full implementation of counselling students with disabilities. Management of organisations of sports teams should engage students with disabilities in sports jobs in the sports associations, connect them outside sports and collaborate with non-governmental organizations that support disability-based activities and provide incentives for athletes with disabilities. Article visualizations:<img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0456/a.php" alt="Hit counter" />

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Evaluation of the Challenges of Inclusion Among Students With Disabilities in University Sports: The Case of Makerere University, Uganda

Tusiime

Odiango

2022

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“…More recently, the Paralympic Games held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2016 had 22 sports modalities, 4,328 athletes from 159 countries and 528 medals [1]. This competition is the main international multisport event for participants with the most diverse physical and intellectual impairments, which include athletes with spinal-cord injuries, visual impairment, amputations, and cerebral palsy [2,3]. These games are organized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) which invests a lot of effort and financial resources in an attempt to obtain better results and, consequently, better rankings in the medal Ranking [4,5].…”

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Performance trends in Paralympic athletes in sprint, middle-distance and endurance events

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In recent decades the participation in Paralympic sports has grown exponentially, with an increasing number of countries and athletes attending to these events. However, despite the tremendous growth, only a few studies involving the performance of Paralympic athletes have been published to date. We aimed to investigate and compare the performance trends of men and women in category T54 from sprint, middle-distance and endurance events in Paralympic international events held from 2009 to 2018. Data were extracted from the publicly available IPC database (https://www.paralympic.org/). The male and female athletes in the Paralympic category T54 of the sprints, middle distance and endurance made up the sample. Final analysis included a total of 2097 men and 940 women (n = 3037). The comparison between men and women showed statistical differences in performance with men being faster in all sprint and middle-distance events (p < 0.05). For the endurance events, men are faster in 5000 m, half marathon and marathon (p < 0.05), but there is no statistical difference between men and women in the 10,000 m event (p > 0.05). Linear regression showed differences between men and women in the performance trends from 2009 to 2018 in the sprint, middle-distance and endurance events (p < 0.05). In conclusion, men are faster than women in sprint, middle-distance and endurance Paralympic athletics events. In spite of performance has not improved over the last decade, the performance is distinctly correlated with age in the sprint and middle-distance events (younger and faster) and endurance events (older and faster).

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“…However, litigation can also prompt sport organizations to review and update policies and procedures to be more inclusive organizations. For example, even though Scot Hollonbeck's suit against the U.S. Olympic Committee (Hollonbeck v. United States Olympic Committee, 2008) under both Section 504 and the ADA was unsuccessful in compelling benefits for Paralympic athletes similar to those provided Olympic athletes, it produced the necessary environment to engage Olympic and Paralympic stakeholders to implement new policies and practices to provide for more equal development of Paralympic sports and athletes (Legg, Fay, Wolff, & Hums, 2015).…”

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The Americans with Disabilities Act 25th Anniversary: Assessing Progress, Opportunities, and Challenges

Grady

Moorman

2016

Journal of Legal Aspects of Sport

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The International Olympic Committee–International Paralympic Committee Relationship

Cited by 18 publications

References 35 publications

Evaluation of the Challenges of Inclusion Among Students With Disabilities in University Sports: The Case of Makerere University, Uganda

Evaluation of the Challenges of Inclusion Among Students With Disabilities in University Sports: The Case of Makerere University, Uganda

Performance trends in Paralympic athletes in sprint, middle-distance and endurance events

The Americans with Disabilities Act 25th Anniversary: Assessing Progress, Opportunities, and Challenges

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