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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.
Competitors are typically organised into three broad categories: deaf sports, athletes with a physical disability, and athletes with an intellectual disability.Deaf athletes typically compete among themselves at events such as the Deaflympics, or in able-bodied events (such as British hammer thrower Charlotte Payne) while athletes with physical and intellectual disabilities are usually ...
Used of mentally ill and neurotic women, particularly single women and spinsters who hoard cats. [23] Cretin [citation needed] Cripple "A person with a physical or mobility impairment". Its shortened form ("crip") has been reclaimed by some people with disabilities as a positive identity. [6] [7] [17] [24] Confined to a wheelchair
Summer Paralympic Games "We Are Together. Sports" Cheboksary, Russia F32: 46.60 m Bo Qing China 10 July 2023 World Para Championships: Paris, France [85] 37.51 m Lahouari Bahlaz Algeria 25 July 2013 IPC World Championships: Lyon, France F51: 36.22 m Musa Taimazov Russia 12 August 2023 Summer Paralympic Games "We Are Together. Sports" Cheboksary ...
Para swimming is an adaptation of the sport of swimming for athletes with disabilities. Para swimmers compete at the Summer Paralympic Games and at other sports competitions throughout the world. The sport is governed by the International Paralympic Committee. Both men and women compete in para swimming, racing against competitors of their own ...
Five years later, she's fighting against the stigmas surrounding physical disabilities. While Chapman's disability has caused anger, frustration, and sadness , it hasn't taken away her sex appeal.
Wheelchair basketball is a style of basketball played using a sports wheelchair. [1] The International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) is the governing body for this sport. [ 2 ] It is recognized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) as the sole competent authority in wheelchair basketball worldwide.
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