https://padlet.com/sn1006755/p08nhzww66vydqsu Disability is not mean disadvantage. en-us 2020-12-01 18:29:19 UTC 2026-01-21 14:11:54 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/26bd.png sn1006755 https://padlet.com/sn1006755/p08nhzww66vydqsu/wish/977004312 Synopsis: People with disabilities often face societal barriers and disability evokes negative perceptions and discrimination. This article talks about the power of sports and its ability to transcend those barriers. Sport can help reduce the stigma associated with disability by transforming community attitudes towards disabled people by highlighting their skills and reducing the tendency to see the disability instead of the person.

--> "Through sport, persons with disabilities acquire vital social skills, develop independence, and become empowered to act as agents of change."
--> "It is reported that 93% of women with disabilities are not involved in sport and women comprise only one-third of athletes with disabilities in international competitions."
-"Article 30 of the Convention addresses both mainstream and disability-specific sport and stipulates that “States Parties shall take appropriate measures to encourage and promote the participation, to the fullest extent possible, of persons with disabilities in mainstream sporting activities at all levels”."

This could play an important role by establishing the foundation for my claim and argument.]]> 2020-12-01 18:32:25 UTC https://padlet.com/sn1006755/p08nhzww66vydqsu/wish/977004312 sn1006755 https://padlet.com/sn1006755/p08nhzww66vydqsu/wish/986033845 Synopsis: Sports are an extremely beneficial activity for both children and adults, therefore, it's important to make it an equal chance for everyone to participate. Recently, guidance has been released that states schools are obligated to provide disabled students an equal opportunity.

--> "Students with disabilities are no different like their peers without disabilities, these students benefit from participating in sports. But unfortunately, we know that students with disabilities are all too often denied the chance to participate and with it, the respect that comes with inclusion" (Arne Duncan).
--> "Today, ED’s Office for Civil Rights has released guidance that clarifies existing legal obligations of schools to provide students with disabilities an equal opportunity to participate alongside their peers in after-school athletics and clubs" (Arne Duncan).

This could be used to show the change that's been made but at the same time it sounds like it could be a little late, and that should already have been a obligation.]]> 2020-12-03 23:25:14 UTC https://padlet.com/sn1006755/p08nhzww66vydqsu/wish/986033845 sn1006755 https://padlet.com/sn1006755/p08nhzww66vydqsu/wish/986047634 Synopsis: This article takes a personal take to the issue at hand, including the voice and experience of specific disabled athletes. It talks about the trouble and pain these athletes go through, however, they are working towards changing the stigma around the topic.

--> “I know from my own experience how isolating CP can be,” Gray said. “Being a woman with a disability, it can be really hard to find other people like you. I don’t think anyone would turn down the opportunity to be a part of a community. It changed my life, so I’m going to take any opportunity I can to help the program grow.”
--> "Most communities are woefully far from recognizing adaptive sports as a necessary facet of the sporting experience. In place of making the necessary accommodations so that individuals with disability can participate in sports alongside those with able bodies, many schools instead elect to offer individuals with disability special positions like team manager, or token gestures like two minutes of playing time during the last game of the season."

This article could be used to talk about a personal experience connecting to the reader a bit more.]]> 2020-12-03 23:32:41 UTC https://padlet.com/sn1006755/p08nhzww66vydqsu/wish/986047634 sn1006755 https://padlet.com/sn1006755/p08nhzww66vydqsu/wish/986061710 Synopsis: Disabled athletes have been among some of the hardest hit by coronavirus. The LTA, Lawn Tennis Association, is shining a spotlight on them to try and bring more athletes back to the courts and encourage more to pick up rackets.

--> "Great Britain is now regarded as one of the leading nations in the world for disability tennis, and everyone who has played a part in the Open Court programme in any way, whether as a player, coach, official or volunteer, should be rightly proud of that."
--> "Director of sport at Sport England, Phil Smith, said: "It is really important that sport as a sector ensures that disabled people are not left behind as we return to getting active in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic."

This article could be used to talk about the issue is being resolved currently. ]]> 2020-12-03 23:41:14 UTC https://padlet.com/sn1006755/p08nhzww66vydqsu/wish/986061710 sn1006755 https://padlet.com/sn1006755/p08nhzww66vydqsu/wish/986074773 Synopsis: For years, as technology advances, people have wondered when disabled athletes will outperform able-bodied athletes, but it's actually already happening in lots of olympic categories. This article concentrates on the wheelchair paralympics and how the in both women and men categories disabled athletes are faster than the able-bodied ones in most far distances.

--> "The men’s able-bodied world-record time is two hours and three minutes compared with the fastest official wheelchair time of one hour 20 minutes."
--> "At 400m the average speed for the world record wheelchair race was 8.88 metres per second (mps). Astonishingly this drops to only 8.77 mps over the 26.22 miles of a marathon. For able-bodied athletes the corresponding drop in speed is from 9.30 mps to 5.72 mps"

This could be used to show how disabled sports will look like in the future. It also has stats that could be used to prove certain points.]]> 2020-12-03 23:48:46 UTC https://padlet.com/sn1006755/p08nhzww66vydqsu/wish/986074773