Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Sports for Persons with Disabilities

Activities or games played by PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, usually requiring physical effort or skill. The activities or games may be specifically created or based on existing sports, with or without modifications, to meet the needs of persons with physical or intellectual disabilities.

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Activities or games played by PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, usually requiring physical effort or skill. The activities or games may be specifically created or based on existing sports, with or without modifications, to meet the needs of persons with physical or intellectual disabilities.

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20 entry terms
  • Adaptive Sports
  • Sports for the Disabled
  • Adaptive Sport
  • Sport, Adaptive
  • Sports, Adaptive
  • Para Sports
  • Para-Sports
  • Para-athletics
  • Parathletics
  • Wheelchair Sports
  • Para Sport
  • Para athletics
  • Para-Sport
  • Para-athletic
  • Parathletic
  • Sport, Para
  • Sport, Wheelchair
  • Sports, Para
  • Sports, Wheelchair
  • Wheelchair Sport

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Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, physiology, psychology, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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2014

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Sports for Persons with Disabilities. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D064846. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D064846
  2. Sports for Persons with Disabilities. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasports
  3. Sports for Persons with Disabilities. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q814517