Disability Sports: News and Information on Parasports: Publications and Documents
Summary
This database is a comprehensive repository of publications that cover a wide range of sports and activities tailored for individuals with disabilities. The database includes articles, research papers, and news updates on adaptive sports such as wheelchair basketball, wheelchair dancing, and para-athletics like the Paralympic Games, Special Olympics, and the Deaflympics. Publications within this database encompass news stories, event results, interviews, informational articles, and technical reports on disability-specific sports, including adaptive snow sports, wheelchair racing, and powerchair football among others. The content is designed to provide insights into the latest developments, rules, and events in disability sports, serving as a valuable resource for athletes, coaches, enthusiasts, and researchers in the field.Searching the Database
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| Title and Description | Ed | Publish Revised |
|---|---|---|
| NFL Concussions Linked to High Blood Pressure in Players Study of 4,000+ former NFL players finds direct correlation between career concussion burden and post-retirement hypertension diagnosis risk. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Santiago 2023 Parapan American Games Facts and information regarding The Santiago 2023 Parapan American Games sporting program an international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities. | ||
| RadikalDarts - Accessible Dart Playing for People with Disability RadikalDarts Machine Model 137 is adapted for people in wheelchairs and provides accessible dart playing for the disabled. | ||
| See You on the Other Side - Sammi Kinghorn Since competing at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, Sammi has gone on to become a double-World Champion and undoubtedly one of the most exciting para-athletes in the country. | ||
| How to Overcome Challenges to Achieve Your Goals In the lead up to Sammi Kinghorn's participation in the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia, Sammi has written a piece on How to Overcome Challenges to Achieve your Goals. | ||
| The Sport of Goalball: Information and Rules Information regarding the Paralympic sport of Goalball - includes rules of gameplay and video clip demonstration. | ||
| Cybathlon: Zurich 2016 Disability Sports Event Using Bionic Assistive Technology Information regarding Cybathlon, a sporting competition for disabled athletes using bionic assistive technology, robotic prostheses, brain-computer interfaces and powered exoskeletons. | ||
| Blind Golf: Golfing for the Blind Blind golf is an adapted version of the sport of golf created for blind and partially sighted players. | ||
| USA Deaf Sports Information Information regarding Deaf Sporting organizations and events in America including USADSF and the Deaflympics. | ||
| Colorado Accessible Adventures and Adaptive Sports Information regarding winter and summer outdoor activities for people with disabilities in Colorado. | ||
| Wheelchair Dancing: Information and Dance Types Wheelchair Dancing is defined as a partner dance competition and Dance-sport where at least one of the dancers is in a wheelchair. | ||
| Equal Opportunity to Students with Disabilities to Participate in Extracurricular Athletics U.S. Office for Civil Rights guidance clarifying school districts existing legal obligations to provide equal access to extracurricular athletic activities to students with disabilities. | ||
| Grants for Canadian Sports Programs and Equipment for People with Disability Canadian Paralympic Committee invites sport organizations and clubs to apply for 2013-14 granting round of Para-Equipment Fund and Recruitment Program Fund. | ||
| Blind Cricket: Information on Cricket for the Blind Blind Cricket is a special version of the game adapted for blind and partially sighted sports players. | ||
| Football Players Prone to Late-Life Disability Football players experience repeated head trauma resulting in short and long term effects to their cognitive function physical and mental health. | ||
| Extremity Games Adaptive Sports for Athletes with Disabilities Extremity Games are extreme sports events for athletes with limb loss or limb difference including competitions instructional clinics and exhibitions. | ||
| PGA Minority Golf Scholarships and Opportunities Golf Scholarships serve minorities by affording them the chance to play golf with financial assistance and golf club participation. | ||
| Accessible NASCAR Racing for People with Disabilities and Veterans Accessible Racing focuses on amateur automobile racing through modified accessible racing vehicles for use by people with disabilities at no cost. | ||
| How to Prevent Baseball and Softball Player Injuries Rehabilitation specialists outline how to prevent common baseball and softball injuries through conditioning, warm-ups, pitch limits, and safe return to play. | ✓ ✓ | |
| All purpose Golf Carts for Persons with Disabilities Golf carts as an all purpose vehicle are particularly suited to the elderly and disabled. | ||
| Tokyo 2009 Asian Youth Paralympic Games Tokyo 2016 has given an enthusiastic welcome to the start of the Tokyo 2009 Asian Youth Para Games. | ||
| Disability Archery and Bowhunting Archery is a sport that nearly anyone can pursue despite disability and target archery has been a Paralympic sport for greater than thirty years. | ||
| Embracing Equality in Sports Coaching Diversity coaching ensures that coaches build positive relationships with people they are coaching and create an environment where all discover their potential. | ||
| Golfers Blind Handicap With all the great players and the seemingly insurmountable problems they have overcome, I believe golfers who are blind are the most miraculous of them all.. | ||
| National Sports Center for Disabled The NSCD is widely considered the largest and most successful-outdoor therapeutic recreation agency in the world. | ||
| Sports Provide Outlet for the Disabled In years past a serious physical disability meant unemployment isolation and inactivity for many thousands of people. | ||
| Disability Martial Arts Association This club was set up to help people with disabilities and their families become involved in martial arts. |
Key: the first check mark indicates the publication carries an editor's note; the second indicates a footnote.
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