Disability in Sport The Disability Discrimination Act 1995

Disability in Sport

The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 • defines a disabled person as someone who has a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and longterm adverse effect on his or her ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities. David Weir will be competing in his third Paralympic Games. • either congenital or resulting from an injury or illness Guardian. co. uk

The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 • Since 2 December 1996 it has been unlawful for sports clubs to treat disabled people less favourably for a reason related to their disability • Since 1 October 1999 sports clubs have had to make "reasonable judoka Darren Harris at the Team adjustments" for disabled people, Blind Bath training facility such as providing extra help or making changes to the way they provide their services • From 1 October 2004 sports clubs may have to make other "reasonable adjustments" in relation to the physical features of their premises to overcome physical barriers to access. Guardian. co. uk

Definition of: • a physical or mental impairment that interferes with or prevents "normal" achievement in a particular function. Tennis player Lucy Shuker at the Nottingham Tennis Centre Guardian. co. uk

Discrimination Athlete Danny Crates at Lea Valley Athletics Centre Felix Clay • Discrimination can include treating the person unfavourably because of their disability, or because of assumptions made about people with that type of disability. Guardian. co. uk

Discrimination • because of assumptions made about people with that type of disability Table tennis player David Wetherill in Torpoint Cornwall • This is known as: STEREOTYPING Guardian. co. uk

Stereotyping • Is a preconceived or oversimplified generalization involving negative beliefs about a particular group. • Negative stereotypes are frequently at the base of prejudice. • The danger of stereotyping is that it no longer considers people as individuals, but rather categorizes them as members of a group who all think and behave in the same way. Rower Helene Raynsford in action during a training session on the Redgrave-Pinsent Lake in Caversham, England • How do we pick up on stereotypes? Guardian. co. uk

James Price • a full time wheelchair user after breaking the C 6/7 vertebrae in a diving accident in Majorca in 1999, resulting in Tetra/Quadri • Creater of www. globalaccessholidays. com in which James travels around the global to help other wheel chair users access the parts of the world we all take for granted • James trains full time, 5 days a week as an elite athlete for GB wheelchair rugby • Voluntary Development Director for GB wheelchair

Wheel Chair Rugby • The sport's original name was Murder ball; in the United States, it is referred to as quad rugby. • All wheelchair rugby players are quadriplegic, as the rules require that they must have a disability that affects all or a portion of both the upper and lower extremities. • The majority of wheelchair rugby athletes have spinal cord injuries at the level of their cervical vertebrae. • Wheelchair rugby is a mixed sport, with men and women competing on the same teams and is played indoors on a hardwood court.

Paralympic Sports • There are 20 sports in the Paralympic programme for London 2012, breaking down into disciplines and events. Paralympic Archery Paralympic Athletics Paralympic Cycling – Road Paralympic Equestrian Paralympic Judo Paralympic Rowing Paralympic Sailing Paralympic Swimming Paralympic Table Tennis Powerlifting Volleyball - Sitting Wheelchair Basketball Wheelchair Fencing Wheelchair Rugby

Deaflympics The current Summer and Winter Deaflympics programme includes 24 disciplines. • Summer Disciplines: 19 • Athletics • Badminton • Basketball • Beach Volleyball • Bowling • Cycling Road • Football • Judo • Karate • Mountain Bike • Orienteering • Shooting • Swimming • Table Tennis • Taekwondo • Tennis • Volleyball • Wrestling Freestyle • Wrestling Greco-Roman Winter Disciplines: 5 • Alpine Skiing • Cross Country Skiing • Curling • Ice Hockey • Snowboard

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Useful websites www. paralympics. org. uk www. deaflympics. com www. london 2012. com/games/paralympic