The Paralympics have evolved from an archery competition between hospital wards to a global mega-event, but what will the Paris legacy be?
- Associate Professor, Faculty of Business, Government and Law, University of Canberra
New Queensland trains and the treatment of athletes on planes show progress on disability discrimination hasn’t extended beyond the Games.
Future Olympics will be required to report on their legacies for up to five years after the event under the IOC’s new framework.
There are significant challenges in making old cities like Rio more accessible, and there are missed opportunities around the Paralympics, but it’s not all bad news.
According to the world of Wikipedia a half life is ‘the time required for a quantity to fall to half its value as measured at the beginning of the time period’. I watched the Paralympic closing ceremony…
As we reach the ‘final lap’ of the London 2012 Paralympics the thing that has stood out for me are the many stories behind the athletes being eligible to be here competing. Alex Zanardi said his motor…
As you approach Olympic Park you cannot but be impressed by the image of UK’s Ellie Simmonds who, at 17 years, is swimming at her second Paralympics. So far she has won 2 golds, 1 bronze and a lot of hearts…
When the mascots for the Olympics (Wenlock) and Paralymics (Mandeville, above) were announced, the response was somewhat cool, if not downright negative. And while we may eventually warm to the one-eyed…
It’s not about gold medals, it’s not about prosthetic designs: it’s the legacies that remain. The IPC’s charter say the broad area of legacies are: accessible infrastructure development of disability sport…
The debate about Pistorius’s comments about blade length is very interesting. He has recently apologised for the timing of the comments. In my humble observation, it is only double-leg amputees who can…
Day 1 of competition and already 2 USA swimmers have been reclassified while a 3rd has had her appeal upheld until she is reassessed later. The purpose of classification is to ‘to minimise the impact of…
I was really excited to be able to watch the Paralympics Opening Ceremony with hundreds of others at the BT Live site at Trafalgar Square. I secured a great position about 90 minutes before it began. I…
The discourse around events like the Olympics or Paralympics is frequently that the bid committees and the politicians promote the potential legacies for the communities. These can include built legacies…
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