Parasport

Disability is a complex multidimensional social construct where the type of disability and the level of support of individuals needs to be considered within leisure provision.

The Paralympic Games: Empowerment or Side Show?

Marking a new direction for disability sport scholarship, this book explores cutting-edge issues and engages creatively with contemporary approaches to research in this important emerging discipline.

This book examines the role that research plays in pedagogical practices when teaching disabled children and young people in physical education classes.

This pioneering book in elite athlete wellbeing brings together the narratives of athletes and wellbeing practitioners in high-performance sport with cutting-edge theorizing from world-leading academics to explore pertinent mental wellbeing matters that present for elite athletes both during and after their careers.

Inclusive Physical Education Around the World is the first book to survey inclusive physical education worldwide, to examine the history of inclusive physical education across different regions, and to compare their policy, practice and educational cultures.

Covering self-contained adapted physical education classes, general physical education programs, and youth sports and community recreation, this book presents a series of case studies of teaching individuals of varied ability and disability in physical activity settings.

Advances in technology have always had a significant impact on sport.

This book contains an international collection of essays by leading philosophers of sport on the ethics and philosophy of the Olympic Games.

The application of the theoretical underpinnings of coaching to practice is a central concern in sport.

Sport is often seen as an indicator of the civic maturity of a community, an aspect of the rights of citizens to health, education and social integration.

As the profile of disability sport has risen, so has the emphasis grown beyond participation to include the development of a high performance environment.

Essentials of Teaching Adapted Physical Education: Diversity, Culture, and Inclusion offers a wealth of knowledge for teaching today's diverse student population, including those with disabilities.

This book focuses on the ground-breaking coverage of the London 2012 Paralympic Games by the UK's publicly owned but commercially funded Channel 4 network, coverage which seemed to deliver a transformational shift in attitudes towards people with disabilities.

The Paralympic Games is the second largest multi-sport festival on earth and an event which poses profound and challenging questions about the nature of sport, disability and society.

How can or does youth sport reconcile what seems to be a fundamental contradiction between understandings of sport and disability?

Using sources from a wide variety of print and digital media, this book discusses the need for ample and healthy portrayals of disability and neurodiversity in the media, as the primary way that most people learn about conditions.

Covering self-contained adapted physical education classes, general physical education programs, and youth sports and community recreation, this book presents a series of case studies of teaching individuals of varied ability and disability in physical activity settings.

Now in a fully revised and updated 6th edition, reflecting changes in legislation and cutting-edge research, this is a complete introduction to adapted physical education, from the underpinning science to practical teaching strategies and program design.

This ground-breaking book provides fascinating insights into the fast-emerging body of research that explores the relationship between sport, theology and disability within a social justice framework.

The Disability Bioethics Reader is the first introduction to the field of bioethics presented through the lens of critical disability studies and the philosophy of disability.

There are more opportunities than ever before for young people with disabilities to participate in sport and adapted physical education.

Introducing the core concepts, issues and debates in the study of gender and sport, this is an accessible, engaging and thought-provoking textbook for anyone studying or interested in sport.

Disability is a complex multidimensional social construct where the type of disability and the level of support of individuals needs to be considered within leisure provision.

Disability sport is a relatively recent phenomenon, yet it is also one that, particularly in the context of social inclusion, is attracting increasing political and academic interest.

While the relationship between sport and religion is deeply rooted in history, it continues to play a profound role in shaping modern-day societies.

This important study brings together world-leading researchers to reflect upon the state of the social scientific study of sport.

'You are all Invictus, you are now ambassadors for the spirit of these games.

Inclusion is primarily discussed in education.

This topical book provides practical, tried and tested strategies and resources that will support teachers in making PE lessons accessible, rewarding and exciting for all pupils, including those with special needs.

Austerity is perhaps the major challenge of our times, given the speed at which it arrived and the consequences of its impact upon society.

This book introduces the fundamental principles of accessible and inclusive sport venue management, with a focus on people with disability.

Given sport's centrality in English society, what role does it play in symbolising contemporary English national identity?

This topical book provides practical, tried and tested strategies and resources that will support teachers in making PE lessons accessible, rewarding and exciting for all pupils, including those with special needs.

Sports coaches apply their skills in a wider variety of contexts, and with a more diverse range of athletes and participants, than ever before.

Introducing the core concepts, issues and debates in the study of gender and sport, this is an accessible, engaging and thought-provoking textbook for anyone studying or interested in sport.

While the relationship between sport and religion is deeply rooted in history, it continues to play a profound role in shaping modern-day societies.

Social inequalities are often reproduced in sport and leisure contexts.

Researching Difference in Sport and Physical Activity goes beyond the content of introductory research methods texts to provide an insight into the methodological hurdles that are experienced when researching 'difference' in Sport and Physical Activity.

This book investigates the complex relationship between embodiment, identity and disability sport, based on ethnographic research with an international-level visually impaired cricket team.

Academic research on the Paralympics and disability sport is growing.

The London 2012 Paralympic Games - the biggest, most accessible and best-attended games in the Paralympics' 64-year history - came with an explicit aim to "e;transform the perception of disabled people in society,"e; and use sport to contribute to "e;a better world for all people with a disability.

This interdisciplinary collection explores the nexus of social justice and sport to consider how sport and physical education can serve as a unique point of commonality in an era of religious, political, economic, and cultural polarity.

Marking a new direction for disability sport scholarship, this book explores cutting-edge issues and engages creatively with contemporary approaches to research in this important emerging discipline.

This provocative and challenging book argues for the vital importance of critical self-reflexion in the field of adaptive physical activity (APA).

This ground-breaking book provides fascinating insights into the fast-emerging body of research that explores the relationship between sport, theology and disability within a social justice framework.

Inclusive Physical Education Around the World is the first book to survey inclusive physical education worldwide, to examine the history of inclusive physical education across different regions, and to compare their policy, practice and educational cultures.

Yoga is for every body, including yours!

Many amputees want to know how it feels to be able to cycle, and some even want to be professional amputee cyclists.

Key Themes in Youth Sport is a concise, easy to read guide to core concepts in the study of young people's relationship with sport, exercise and leisure.