Disability Sports
Tayler Kyfiuk November 23, 2012
Disability Sport and Athletics
"Each handicap is like a hurdle in a steeplechase, and when you ride up to it, if you throw your heart over, the horse will go along, too." (Lawrence Bixby, Disabled World News 2009.) The role that sports play in the lives of people with disabilities can be very vital and important to their well-being. Through the growth of our society and scientific innovation disability athletics are becoming more and more accessible every day. However, there is still ample room for improvement in Canada’s laws and the average person’s outlook and responses concerning disability sport. Each of us can educate ourselves and strive to be celebratory and supportive of athletes with disabilities, whether it is a peer in our physical education class or an amazing athlete striving to compete in the Olympics. The revolution of athletics in the lives of people with disabilities began as a mean of rehabilitation and a way to get amputees integrated back into society. From this point, disability sports have grown and continued to help people with disabilities be seen by humanity as strong, abundant individuals and be seen on equal grounds as those without disabilities. Adaptable and therapeutic sports continue to aid people living with disabilities today by helping them gain physical, mental and emotional strength. The part that technological advancements have played in the world of disability sports is very significant as well. The existence of highly developed prosthetic limbs, eyes and wheelchairs has proven to be a beneficial advancement to athletes who have disabilities. However, the controversies concerning the pressures for people with disabilities to use personal equipment to change themselves, or make them more like the general population is still in strong speculation in the field of disability sports. I believe that one should have tools available to help them live the way that they choose and preform
Disability Sport and Athletics
"Each handicap is like a hurdle in a steeplechase, and when you ride up to it, if you throw your heart over, the horse will go along, too." (Lawrence Bixby, Disabled World News 2009.) The role that sports play in the lives of people with disabilities can be very vital and important to their well-being. Through the growth of our society and scientific innovation disability athletics are becoming more and more accessible every day. However, there is still ample room for improvement in Canada’s laws and the average person’s outlook and responses concerning disability sport. Each of us can educate ourselves and strive to be celebratory and supportive of athletes with disabilities, whether it is a peer in our physical education class or an amazing athlete striving to compete in the Olympics. The revolution of athletics in the lives of people with disabilities began as a mean of rehabilitation and a way to get amputees integrated back into society. From this point, disability sports have grown and continued to help people with disabilities be seen by humanity as strong, abundant individuals and be seen on equal grounds as those without disabilities. Adaptable and therapeutic sports continue to aid people living with disabilities today by helping them gain physical, mental and emotional strength. The part that technological advancements have played in the world of disability sports is very significant as well. The existence of highly developed prosthetic limbs, eyes and wheelchairs has proven to be a beneficial advancement to athletes who have disabilities. However, the controversies concerning the pressures for people with disabilities to use personal equipment to change themselves, or make them more like the general population is still in strong speculation in the field of disability sports. I believe that one should have tools available to help them live the way that they choose and preform