TY - BOOK AU - Brittain,Ian TI - The Paralympic Games explained SN - 9780203885567 (electronic bk.) PY - 2010/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Paralympics KW - Sports for people with disabilities N1 - Title from PDF title page (viewed Oct. 5, 2009); This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2009; Description based on print version record; Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-164) and index; The history and development of the Paralympic Games -- The olympic movement and the Paralympic Games -- The governance of paralympic sport -- Disability and the body -- The broader social issues of disability within society and their impact on sports participation -- Media, marketing and disability sport -- Major issues within the paralympic movement -- The under representation of women and athletes with high support needs at the Paralympic Games -- International perspectives on paralympic participation -- The Special Olympics, intellectual disability and the Paralympic Games UR - http://www.netlibrary.com.libraryumpsa.idm.oclc.org/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=290304 ER -