Why Won 't You Let Me Play? Essay

Results show that participants with a background in sports have a greater advantage over their contenders with no familiarity about sports, in applying for sports related jobs. In the case of the transgender/transsexual participants, playing sports helps to deal with society’s biases against them. Transgender participants become comfortable playing sports, because they gain acceptance, and experience equal treatment from their team mates. They do not feel discriminated against because they are judged like others, thus based on their play, skills set and so on and not based their choices. For students and people doing activities requiring physical ability, sports contributed to achieving success in their various fields of endeavor. For example, archaeology students doing excavation work, and a geography student who has to climb, break and carry rocks. In life threatening situations, athletes have been able to apply knowledge gained in playing sports to save themselves. For instance some participants have suggested that, during the Calgary floods in 2013, they swam to safety. They said if they did not know how to swim, they probably will be dead by now. I noticed all participants wore the right apparel, gear and used equipment the proper way. The instructors and coaches were always around and insisted on doing everything rightly with the right tools. Some (60%) of the players had knowledge about first aid and knew exactly what to do in times emergencies. For example, in one of our volleyball matches, a participant twisted her ankle and she was giving first aid by another player and the coach. For the mum whose child has Down syndrome, her child was so indiscipline and had a very deviant and defiant behavior. The only time it is easier to control the child is

The featured film documentary called ‘Murder Ball’ directed by Dana Ruben and Alex Shapiro focuses on Mark Zupan and Joe Soares life of a Quadriplegic person. I have responded to the main characters and their situations including how they make me feel about the lives of Quadriplegic people and how they deal with it during their lifetime. My overall impressions about Mark Zupan and Joe Soares lives as a quadriplegic has encouraged me to respond not to feel sorry for them but to gain respect and be inspired .I will be discussing the film techniques to support my ideas in the documentary.

Everyone has their own way of achieving victory: scoring the winning point in a sport, getting chosen for a job or acing a test in school. A writer for Sport Illustrated's, Rick Reilly, tells Ben Comen’s story, a teenager with cerebral palsy who runs for his high school’s cross-country team, in his article “Worth the Wait.” In the article, Reilly informs the audience of the previously mentioned situation that Ben is in, while also mentioning Ben’s process of overcoming all odds and managing to finish the races with the entire crowd cheering him on. Reilly establishes a triumphant tone with the aid of pathos and arduous-like diction to make light of people with cerebral palsy and to show how they can accomplish goals in life like everyone else

According to Disabled Spots USA, “National Handicapped Sports and Recreation Association renamed Disabled Sports USA in 1994. It has 91 chapters and 36 states in the United States. It gives sports and recreation programs not only the military people who get serious physical disabling because of their mission, but also people who have disability.” There are 303 million people, who have either mental disabilities or physical disabilities, living in the United States. “Disabled Sports USA provided sports and recreation programs to over 60,000 youth and adults who have some disabilities now according to Australian Paralympic Committee. ” Disabled people, who do some physical activity, are possible to spend happy life compare with disabled people, who did not do any activities. According to Disabled USA’ survey said, “The survey found that DSUSA Chapter Participants (CP) are twice as likely to be employed as the general population of adults with disabilities (68% vs. 33%). ”

Abstract: The Special Olympics not only give special athletes athletic skills, they offer more opportunity, encouragement, and dexterity to survive in society than the public school system alone. To understand the differences and similarities between handicapped athletes and their non-handicap peers is the first step in creating a program that best meets the child's needs. There were no community programs that catered to the mentally and physically challenged, so Eunice Kennedy-Shriver created "special games" in her back yard for her handicapped child. Shriver established the Special Olympics in 1968. Today there are more than one million special athletes competing in 140 countries. There are some problems with relying on the

Murderball was a movie made back in the early 2000 about the USA team men’s quadriplegias rugby team and former teammate Joe Soares coaching the Canada team. The movie also focused on a few players from the USA team but mainly it focused on Mark Zupan. The movie follows around team, showing how they became a quadriplegias, some did riding dirt bikes, and some were just bore with disability. The movie also shows new people who had just been in an accident and now don’t have function off all body parts. Shows how some of the rehabilitation is to get into normal living again.

Today, people aid disabled men and women in their activities so that they can make a well-loved living. Discrimination in the world today, involving race and gender, has lessened dramatically. Track, and several other sports, is now easier for disabled, African-American women to participate in. Modern technology helps people with disabilities to include themselves in sports they both love and enjoy. Wilma serves as an inspiration to anybody having doubts about their

The first video I watched was entitled “Murderball”, which documented the lives of the members on the United States wheelchair rugby team. It began with an introduction of each of the players and the stories of how they became quadriplegics. During these introductions, the players also talked about the stigma that comes along with their handicap and how able-bodied individuals treat/talk to them. The video then shows the team playing in the world championship for wheelchair rugby against several other countries but particularly the U.S.’s rival, Canada. Watching this video further addresses the difference between being impaired and handicapped. These individuals do not consider themselves handicapped but see that they have an impairment that

Disability sports, also known as adaptive sports or parasports, are sports that are strictly for those with disabilities, whether it be physical or mental. These sports were originally used as a means to rehabilitate veterans (Disabled Sports USA); the organization in particular that I am going to focus on is the Lakeshore Foundation.

My first experience with discrimination in the terms of stereotyping and categorizing in the sports world came when I was a young child. During my adolescent years, I was a very active child. I participated in different sports from cheerleading, tennis, and basketball. As a child, I loved participating in sport teams and having the camaraderie of a team that loved, supported, and played for one another. However, that camaraderie and support that I once received during my time playing sports came to an abrupt halt during a change in my life and my health.

The storm brewing in the crowd turned to thunderous applause when ice skaters twirled and leaped across the rink to land gracefully within only a few moments. The gold medalist goes from standing on a glorious pedestal to riding in the quiet backseat of a car. All she gets to listen to is silence- just because her intellectual disability makes her feel inadequate. The Special Olympics is not only about winning a race or declaring victory when passing the finish line- this charity is dedicated to raising awareness for people with intellectual disabilities (ID) who have been ignored their entire lives. There are as many as 4.5 million athletes in the Special Olympics worldwide, and Special Olympics plans to reach out to 200 million people by

Mr. Wolff encourages sport managers to take more steps to promote a courtesy environment to welcome the disabilities to join with them, such as educating peers, raising awareness, and finding the possibilities. Education is a very key point to the promotion of disability sports, not only to understand the needs to difficulties and solutions but also being an active pusher to create opportunities for those sports desirers. Enhancing the leadership of the sport manager himself is also an effective way to increase the involvement of disability sport. Although the sport industry is usually lack of actions, however, if sport managers are willing to break the norms and atmosphere to develop a friendly environment to attract potential disabilities

I believe that every single kid should play a sport no matter whether they have a disability or if they are a boy a girl. Sports can be very important in kids developing as mature adults and also having a very healthy lifestyle. I don’t care if it is chess, baseball, football, volleyball, or skating. Kids meet other kids and everyone can always find a friend, all they have to do is be their self. As a strong believer of this, when I was a kid I played football, baseball, and basketball, meeting some of my best friends along the way. It doesn’t matter if you’re good or not just if you’re having fun while you’re doing it. Many kids see how good the pro’s are and that they hardly make a mistake. When these kids see these they never think they

In their essay, Nick J Watson and Catherine A. O’Keefe explore the role of “celebration” as a means of spiritual expression through leisure activities and sport for those with intellectual disabilities living within in those two settings. They focus mostly on the L’Arche Foundation and its philosophy of celebration and also make links to the Special Olympics. They analyze ways in which the experience of “celebration” in an atmosphere of festivity, laughter and playfulness, have become a central characteristic of the modern movements of L’Arche and the Special Olympics. (p.73)

Currently the Paralympics are occurring until September 18th so it is fitting that in Accelerated composition we read an article entitled “Media Representations of Disability Sport.” I have personally always been interested in the Paralympics as it is something different that is covered by the media, but after discussing this article in class and with other friends I have come to the realization that this fascination with the Paralympics is not generally shared. Half of the people I conversed with over disability sport did not even know that the Paralympics actually occurred and this article covers the reasons for the lack of understanding of disability sport pretty well. Using this article as well as personal knowledge and understanding I am going to dive into why the understanding of disability is so low. I think the title of the article hits the nail right on the head as it is the media that “shapes the representation of social issues,” but why does the media barely cover the Paralympics? Okay, yes, NBC does broadcast the Paralympics but when the Olympics were airing a month ago there was always channels playing different events, news articles about everything from backstories to placements, commercials with the athletes, and a constant conversation about them: “Did you see