Beschreibung:
Written by leading scholars, this book addresses a variety of topics in relation to the Paralympics and disability sport, including the sociology of Paralympic sport, sport coaching at recreational and elite level, and future directions for disability sport research.
1. Introduction: 2. Interrogating disability: the (de)composition of a recovering Paralympian 3. See the sport, not the disability: exploring the Paralympic paradox 4. The role of coaches of wheelchair rugby in the development of athletes with a spinal cord injury 5. Coaches of athletes with a physical disability: a look at their learning experiences 6. Disability sport is going back to its roots: rehabilitation of military personnel receiving sudden traumatic disabilities in the twenty-first century 7. Balancing safety and autonomy: structural and social barriers affecting the exercise participation of women with disabilities in community recreation and fitness facilities 8. Transcending 'Hoop Dreams': toward a consideration of corporeality, crossroads and intersections, and discursive possibilities in disability and theory