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Tag Archives: sports
2012 Paralympics: Team Bad Company
The 2012 Paralympics are almost here and while many of us have been waiting all summer for the games to arrive, most of the participants have been anticipating it their whole lives. So before you start rooting for team USA, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 paralympics, amputee, double amputee, espn magazine, london, owusu, sports, team, teamwork, teddy
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2012 Paralympics: Goalball
Whether you play or watch, it’s a guarantee that you’ve never experienced anything like Goalball. Goalball features two teams of three players attempting to roll or throw a ball implanted with bells into the other team’s goal. All players are … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, 2012 paralympics, goalball, owusu, paralympics, sports, teddowusu, teddy, visual disabilities, visual impairments
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The 2012 London Paralympic Games
In just 48 days, the Paralympic Games will open in London with the lighting of the Paralympic Flame. The Flame itself will have traveled via relay for 24 hours and over 87 miles and will have been carried by 580 … Continue reading
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Tagged Disabilities, disability, paralympics, participation, people with disabilities, sports
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2012 Paralympics: Wheelchair Basketball
One of the most intriguing aspects of taking in the Paralympics has to be watching games we know and love, as played by the likes of Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan, taken to another level by athletes with disabilities. Wheelchair … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, 29, athletes, august, owusu, paralympics, Special Olympics, sports, teddowusu, teddy, wheelchair, wheelchair basketball
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Head Injuries in the NFL: a First-Hand Account
In the article “What It’s Like When an NFL Linebacker Nearly Knocks Your Head Off”, former Denver Broncos tight end Nate Jackson recalls—in alarming detail—his experience of being concussed and knocked unconscious during a game in the National Football League. … Continue reading
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Tagged brain, brain injury, brain trauma, concussion, football, head, head injury, head trauma, injury, jackson, NARIC, naricspotlight, nate, nfl, owusu, rehabilitation, sports, teddy
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Let the Games Begin
We are almost exactly five months away from the 14th world Paralympic Games presented by host nation, Great Britain. This 2012 Paralympics, which will take place from August 29 through September 9, marks a historic return of the games to … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, Disabilities, disability, games, garcia, guttman, locog, london, marta, NARIC, naricspotlight, owusu, paralympics, people with disabilities, sports, teddy, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair skateboarding
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Spring Extreme Sports for People with Disabilities
This past winter, we wrote about extreme sports for people with disabilities. Now that spring has sprung, we wanted to share some sports, extreme and otherwise, that people with disabilities are participating in. Here is a list of individual, team, … Continue reading
NFL Takes Initiative in Head Injury Prevention and Care
With the issues of head injury and concussion in the spotlight recently, the National Football League has made amendments to its concussion policies and these changes have been implemented this season. By the leagues own estimation, roughly 175 concussions occur … Continue reading
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Tagged brain injury, concussion, education, spinal cord injury, sports, traumatic brain injury
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Lefty: An Inspiration to Us All
Back in 1979, Disney featured a series of educational short films titled “The Truly Exceptional”. Among these was Lefty, a documentary featuring a champion gymnast named Carol Johnston. Known as the “One-Armed Gymnast” Johnson was born without a right arm … Continue reading
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Tagged carol johnston, Disabilities, disability, documentaries, gymnastics, people with disabilities, sports
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Extreme Winter Sports and People with Disabilities
Now that winter is in full swing, the information specialists at NARIC decided to take a look at extreme winter sports and the people with disabilities who enjoy them. Some of the sports that we looked at were not so … Continue reading
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Tagged Disabilities, disability, extreme sports, hockey, skiing, sports, wheelchairs, winter
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