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Today the Paralympic Movement is recognised as a global sporting phenomenon attracting thousands of athletes from an ever-increasing number of countries. Athlete First provides a thoroughly researched history and analysis of the Paralympic Movement, including the development and organisation of the International Paralympic Committee. As well as recounting factual achievements and events, the book examines the position of sport and international competition for people with a disability within their changing historical context and in relation to the Olympic Movement and able-bodied sport.

• The first history of the origins and development of the Paralympic movement
• Examines disabled sport and international competition within their changing historical context
• Includes details of key players in the movement – on and off the field

The Publisher appreciates the role played by the International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE) in bringing this publication to fruition, and acknowledges the financial assistance provided by the International Olympic Committee. ... Read more

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Expansion of the Paralympic Games has to some extent mirrored expansion of the mainstream Olympics and the event now constitutes an internationally significant sporting festival. This book examines the development of the Paralympics and asks whether we are justified in describing the Games as a vehicle for the empowerment of the disabled community.

A highly successful paralympian athlete in his own right, David Howe uses ethnographic research methods to investigate the economic, social, cultural and political processes shaping the Paralympic movement on a local and global scale, and develops a new theory of the relationship between sport, the body and the culture of disability.

By critiquing contemporary attitudes to disability within sport and within society more generally, and by challenging the orthodox view of the Paralympics as a vehicle for empowerment, this book raises important questions and debates crucial to the study of sociology and sports studies.

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This digital document is an article from Palaestra, published by Challenge Publications Limited on September 22, 2001. The length of the article is 716 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: USPC forum.(U.S. Olympic Committee's Paralympic Sport Management Division)
Publication: Palaestra (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 2001
Publisher: Challenge Publications Limited
Volume: 17Issue: 4Page: 8(1)

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Title: U.S. Olympic and Paralympic training site.(Lakeshore Foundation)
Author: Jeff Underwood
Publication: Palaestra (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 2003
Publisher: Challenge Publications Limited
Volume: 19Issue: 4Page: 32(5)

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This digital document is an article from Palaestra, published by Challenge Publications Limited on June 22, 2003. The length of the article is 399 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: I.P.E.C. classification clinic.(NDSA)(International Paralympic Equestrian Committee)
Publication: Palaestra (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 22, 2003
Publisher: Challenge Publications Limited
Volume: 19Issue: 3Page: 11(2)

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This digital document is an article from Palaestra, published by Challenge Publications Limited on June 22, 2003. The length of the article is 637 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: U.S. Paralympics forum.
Author: Charlie Huebner
Publication: Palaestra (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 22, 2003
Publisher: Challenge Publications Limited
Volume: 19Issue: 3Page: 9(1)

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This digital document is an article from Palaestra, published by Challenge Publications Limited on June 22, 1994. The length of the article is 763 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The X Paralympic Games: will Atlanta equal the success of Seoul and Barcelona?
Author: Joseph H. Huber
Publication: Palaestra (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 22, 1994
Publisher: Challenge Publications Limited
Volume: v10Issue: n4Page: p64(1)

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This digital document is an article from Palaestra, published by Challenge Publications Limited on September 22, 1993. The length of the article is 817 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Daniel Kelly. (Paralympic athlete)
Publication: Palaestra (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 1993
Publisher: Challenge Publications Limited
Volume: v10Issue: n1Page: p62(2)

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This digital document is an article from Palaestra, published by Thomson Gale on January 1, 2006. The length of the article is 632 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Stars, stripes, and sports.(U.S. Paralympics Forum)
Publication: Palaestra (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 22Issue: 1Page: 8(1)

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This digital document is an article from Palaestra, published by Challenge Publications Limited on March 22, 2001. The length of the article is 2270 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Inclusion or Separation, Integration or Segregation--The USOC's Move to Establish The U.S. Paralympic Corporation.(United States Olympic Committee )
Author: David P. Beaver
Publication: Palaestra (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 22, 2001
Publisher: Challenge Publications Limited
Volume: 17Issue: 2Page: 4

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This digital document is an article from Palaestra, published by Challenge Publications Limited on March 22, 2003. The length of the article is 567 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: U.S. Paralympics forum.
Publication: Palaestra (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 22, 2003
Publisher: Challenge Publications Limited
Volume: 19Issue: 2Page: 9(1)

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This digital document is an article from Palaestra, published by Challenge Publications Limited on January 1, 2005. The length of the article is 835 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: U.S. paralympic forum.
Publication: Palaestra (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2005
Publisher: Challenge Publications Limited
Volume: 21Issue: 1Page: 9(1)

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This digital document is an article from Palaestra, published by Challenge Publications Limited on January 1, 1993. The length of the article is 2169 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: A quest in the land of Don Quixote. (1992 Paralympic Games)
Author: Sarah Rich
Publication: Palaestra (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 1993
Publisher: Challenge Publications Limited
Volume: v9Issue: n2Page: p20(4)

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This digital document is an article from Palaestra, published by Challenge Publications Limited on September 22, 2002. The length of the article is 740 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Happenings within U.S. Paralympics. (U.S. Paralympic Forum).
Publication: Palaestra (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 2002
Publisher: Challenge Publications Limited
Volume: 18Issue: 4Page: 9(1)

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Title: The games ... they are a changing! (Paralympic Games) (Editorial)
Author: David P. Beaver
Publication: Palaestra (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 1993
Publisher: Challenge Publications Limited
Volume: v9Issue: n2Page: p4(2)

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Title: Women in Paralympic Sport Network formed.(DS/USA)
Publication: Palaestra (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 22, 2005
Publisher: Challenge Publications Limited
Volume: 21Issue: 2Page: 9(1)

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Title: Paralympics 1992: excellence and challenge. (includes related articles)
Author: Claudine Sherrill
Publication: Palaestra (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 1993
Publisher: Challenge Publications Limited
Volume: v9Issue: n2Page: p25(15)

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This digital document is an article from Palaestra, published by Challenge Publications Limited on January 1, 1993. The length of the article is 8406 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The Paralympic sports.
Author: Claudine Sherrill
Publication: Palaestra (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 1993
Publisher: Challenge Publications Limited
Volume: v9Issue: n2Page: p43(14)

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This digital document is an article from Palaestra, published by Challenge Publications Limited on September 22, 2003. The length of the article is 760 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: U.S. paralympics forum.
Publication: Palaestra (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 2003
Publisher: Challenge Publications Limited
Volume: 19Issue: 4Page: 10(1)

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