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Parasports are sports played by people with a disability, including physical and intellectual disabilities. [1] Some parasports are forms of adapted physical activities from existing non-disabled sports, while others have been specifically created for persons with a disability and do not have a non-disabled equivalent.
Wheelchair fencing is governed by IWAS Wheelchair Fencing (IWF). [23] The International Paralympic Committee manages classification for a number of spinal cord injury and wheelchair sports including alpine skiing, biathlon, cross country skiing, ice sledge hockey, powerlifting, shooting, swimming, and wheelchair dance. [ 15 ]
The first wheelchair races took place by 1952 at the Stoke Mandeville Hospital. [4] By 1955, Germans had realised there was a need for classification in athletics event because it was systematically unfair to insist a double leg above the knee amputee compete against able bodied athletes in events like the shot put. [10]
Disability sports classification is a system that allows for fair competition between people with different types of disabilities.. Historically, the process has been overseen by 2 groups: specific disability type sport organizations that cover multiple sports, and specific sport organizations that cover multiple disability types including amputations, cerebral palsy, deafness, intellectual ...
Codes were added to document characteristics as adaptability, responsivity, predictability, persistence, and approachability. "Sensing" and "exploration of objects" codes were expanded as well as the "importance of learning". [4] Since a child's main occupation is playing, it is also important to include more codes in this area.
Wheelchair dancing is a popular social and recreational activity, with participants in over 40 countries. [8] The physical benefits of wheelchair dancing include the maintenance of physical balance, flexibility, range of motion, coordination and improved respiratory control.
Pertains to sporting activities that where participants make use of wheelchairs. Subcategories This category has the following 11 subcategories, out of 11 total.
The sport of wheelchair football was developed by Professor Tim Nugent in 1948. The sport of wheelchair football was developed for interscholastic competition (grades 1-12) by the American Association of Adapted Sports Programs (AAASP) of Atlanta, Georgia, USA, in 2005 to incorporate both the manual and power wheelchairs during game play.