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ABLE BODIED ATHLETE [1 record]

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Record 1 2023-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Disabled Sports
  • Sociology of persons with a disability
  • Sociology of Recreation
CONT

... some parasports require an athlete with a disability to work with a non-disabled athlete – blind skiing, for example. [The athlete] is legally blind [and is] hoping to make the [paralympics, but] without a sighted guide to ski ahead of her and call directions, [the athlete] says it [cannot] happen.

OBS

abled-bodied athlete: The use of the adjective "able-bodied" in the term "able-bodied athlete" implies that all people with disabilities lack "able bodies" or the ability to use their bodies well and therefore should be avoided.

Key term(s)
  • non disabled athlete
  • able bodied athlete

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports adaptés
  • Sociologie des personnes handicapées
  • Sociologie des loisirs

Spanish

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