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Tag Archives: paralympics
FEDDF: A Federation of Sports for People with Physical Disabilities in Spain
The Spanish Federation of Sports for People with Physical Disabilities (FEDDF, Spanish acronym) (in Spanish) is a nonprofit organization established in 1968 in Spain that is affiliated with the Higher Sports Council and the Spanish Paralympic Committee. The Federation works … Continue reading
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Tagged adapted sports, paralympics, Spanish, Spanish-language, sports
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Countdown to the Paralympics!
Did you know there are Paralympians in the NIDILRR community? It’s true! Continue reading
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Tagged Anjali Forber-Pratt, Paralympic sports, paralympics, sports
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The Paralympic Torch Has Arrived in Rio: How Social Media Keeps the Torch Burning Strong
The Paralympics may start tomorrow, but the Paralympic Flame is already burning! The torch relay began on September 1st and the torch itself visited five cities in Brazil before arriving in Rio de Janeiro. Before departing the starting point, the … Continue reading
Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, April 25 to Friday, April 29
Mental Health: For police, a playbook for conflicts involving mental illness (The New York Times) People with mental illnesses are overrepresented among civilians involved in police shootings: Twenty-five percent or more of people fatally shot by the police have had … Continue reading
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Tagged "seeing-eye" gloves, depression relapse, diabetes type 2 and hearing loss, mental illness, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, paralympics, police intervention and mental illness, racing wheelchair, rheumatoid arthritis and hearing loss, robots for people with disabilities, self-driving cars
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The Paralympic Games and Recreational Therapy
Since the end of the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, we have begun looking forward to the 2014 Paralympic Games beginning on March 7th. Over 40 countries will be represented at this year’s winter games and athletes will participate in … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014 Paralympics, accessibility, adaptive sports, assistive technology, Disabilities, disability, ice sledge hockey, NIDRR, NIDRR projects, NIDRR research, paralympics, people with disabilities, recreational sports, Recreational therapy, RERC, skiing, sochi, sports, technology, therapeutic recreation, wheelchair curling, YMCA
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Disability News Weekly Roundup Monday, Dec 16 – Friday Dec 20
Health: Reuters— Older Women are Sedentary Most of the Day: Study Older women spend about two-thirds of their time sitting, a new study suggests. Sedentary behavior has been linked to disease and disability. “Even people who go to the gym … Continue reading
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Tagged abc news, accessibility, aging, ASD, autism, autism spectrum disorder, autism spectrum disorders, beatles, Catherine A. Sarkisian, child with down syndrome, children, cnn, criminals, Darrell Steinberg, david filiberto, deaf, disability, disability news roundup, down syndrome, employment and disability institute at cornell university, FCC, federal communications commission, green, hard of hearing, hearing impaired, high blood pressure, hormone, los angeles times, mental health, mental well being, mental wellness, minnesota, nfl, obamacare, paralympics, paul mccartney, psychosocial, reuters, science daily, seahawks, sensory, somali children, stress, susanne bruyere, tinnitus, UCLA, weekly, women
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Olympics and Paralympics Represented Together
The new pictograms for the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games have been released! The latest rendition (the making of which can be viewed at rio2016.com), will mark the first time that all the 41 Olympic and 23 Paralympic sports … Continue reading
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Tagged archery, athletes, boccia, design, equestrian, olympics, owusu, Paralympic Games, Paralympic sports, paralympics, pebbles, pictograms, rio, rio 2016, rugby, sailing, shooting, sport, sports, summer olympics, summer paralympics, swimming, teddowusu, teddy, tennis, track and field, wheelchair
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2012 Paralympics: The Stories Behind the Games
One of the great things about the Olympics and Paralympics games are the storylines. While we view the participants as extraordinary athletes who perform amazing feats and watch in anticipation as records fall, we may overlook the human aspect in … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 paralympics, amputee, massive blood loss, owusu, paralympics, paralympics games, Special Olympics, sport, sports, teddowusu, teddy
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