History & Understanding
This term describes discrimination or prejudice against individuals with disabilities
What is ableism?
This term refers to the systematic exclusion of disabled athletes from sporting events
What is segregation in sports?
The Paralympic Games were first held in this year as a parallel event to the Olympic Games
What is 1960?
The act of designing products, environments, and programs to be usable by all people is called this.
What is universal design?
This term describes modifying sports for athletes with disabilities, allowing them to compete on equal footing
What is adaptive/Unified sports?
What is "para"?
This 1990 U.S. law prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life
What is American with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
Athletes with disabilities often advocate for this change to ensure fair funding and recognition
What is equality in sports?
This sport, also known as "murderball", is a wheelchair-based team sport played in the Paralympics
What is wheelchair rugby?
This term refers to the unintentional biases or attitudes individuals may hold toward people with disabilities
What is implicit bias/implicit ableism?
This international organization promotes the inclusion of athletes with disabilities in a world-wide streamed event
What is the International Paralympic Committee?
Athletes in the Paralympic Games have to compete in classifications based on this factor which ensures fair competition
what is their type and level of disability?
The assumption that all people with disabilities want to be "cured" is an example of this harmful ideology
What is medical ableism?
When sports facilities fail to include adaptive equipment or accessible spaces, it creates this kind of barrier for disabled athletes
This country has won the most medals in the history of the Paralympic Games
What is the United States?