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ABLE BODIED [7 records]

Record 1 2025-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Water Transport
DEF

A member of the deck crew who is able to perform all the duties of an experienced seaman [or seawoman].

Key term(s)
  • able-seaman
  • able-seawoman
  • able bodied seaman
  • able bodied seawoman

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Transport par eau

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-10-30

English

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

Wheelchair curling is played similarly as non-disabled curling using the same rocks and on the same ice, although the rocks are thrown from a stationary wheelchair and there is no sweeping.

OBS

abled-bodied curling: The use of the adjective "able-bodied" in the term "able-bodied curling" 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 curling
  • able bodied curling

French

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

Seuls les athlètes en fauteuil roulant participent aux compétitions de curling. [...] Les compétitions se déroulent selon les règles du curling traditionnel, à deux exceptions près : la pierre est lancée à l'aide d'un «bâton» et l'utilisation du balai, qui peut encore influencer la trajectoire de la pierre après le lancer, est interdite.

Spanish

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Record 3 2023-10-30

English

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

The purpose of [the] study is to identify kinematic and muscular activation differences between single-leg skiers and non-disabled skiers.

OBS

abled-bodied skier: The use of the adjective "able-bodied" in the term "able-bodied skier" 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 skier
  • able bodied skier

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ski et surf des neiges
  • Sports adaptés
  • Sociologie des personnes handicapées
  • Sociologie des loisirs

Spanish

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Record 4 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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Record 5 2023-10-30

English

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

abled-bodied sport: The use of the adjective "able-bodied" in the term "able-bodied sport" 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 sport
  • able bodied sport

French

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

[L'association] a nommé [un] directeur de programme de volleyball, lui déléguant la responsabilité de monter une équipe gagnante et d'intégrer le programme paralympique au sein d'un organisme de sport non-handicapé. Le recrutement d'athlètes ayant un handicap, déjà en cours au sein de la grande communauté de volleyball, a été le premier succès accompli dans le processus d'intégration.

Spanish

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Record 6 2023-10-27

English

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

A promising non-disabled sprinter ... came to [para-sport] after being diagnosed with [multiple sclerosis], shortly after having a stroke.

OBS

able-bodied: The term "able-bodied" 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
  • able bodied

French

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

Spanish

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Record 7 2023-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Sociology of persons with a disability
OBS

Federation founded in 1981 that is no longer active. It aimed to further the integration of physically disabled people in the community and to promote opportunities for physically disabled people and able-bodied people to come together on equal terms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Sociologie des personnes handicapées

Spanish

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