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verthomme · 1 day

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Adaptive / Para sports that aren't wheelchair basketball!

Wheelchair rugby: very physical, wheelchairs look like battel bots, very rough and very cool I don't know much about the rules of regular rugby either. Tried it once was not for me but very epic to watch

Adaptive curling: played with a stick that attaches to the curling rock so you can play from a seated or standing position, good for those who can't bend over or who require mobility aids

Wheelchair tenis: played just like normal tennis in a sports wheelchair rackets have shorter handles to be easier to push while holding, difference to the rules being that the ball can bounce twice

Adaptive archery: so many different adaptions from shooting in a wheelchair, using prosthetics, mouth release triggers for those without use or with lim differences in arms

Adaptive skiing/snowboarding: good for those with lower lim differences and mobility issues. Adaptions include using one leg with outriggers to balance and stear (both ski and snowboard) sit ski, where your entire lower body is basically in a ski boot, can be used for blind people as well or those with upper body limitations with an assistant controlling the sit ski. Independent sit ski use outriggers for stearing (think like ski poles with little skis on them)

Adaptive rowing: good for all ability levels as well as blind and visually impaired. So many different adaptions for loading into boats, seating supports, adaptive paddles and auditory cues

Adaptive swiming: this has so many different options, swimming is amazing for you it let's you use you body in different ways then weight bearing and there are a lot of options, different flotation devices that can attach to legs or arms, having someone move your lims for you, having a tap signal when you get close to the edge of the pool, visual cues for time, pool lifts just so many different options for everyone

Biking: standing bikes, two seated bikes so people with vision problems can have someone stearing, electric bikes, electric assist with pedaling, strap in pedals, anti tips, tricycles, hand cycles, different levels of seating support, walking bikes, you can ride behind someone in a bike, lots of university's will have indoor bike tracks so that you can ride on flat low resistance ground

Para hockey: this is my sport, I play competitively so I know a lot more about it. Para hockey (also know as sledge hockey) is played sitting down in something called a sledge. You have two sticks with spikes on the ends in order to propel yourself on the ice. There are a bunch of modifications possible for sleds with high back support with straps for those without core control, for those with upper body limitations there are pushers who attach a push handle to the back of your sled in order to move you around the ice, if you have no grip strength you can tape or otherwise secure you sticks to your arms/prosthetic. Rules for para hockey are the same as for stand up hockey with the exceptions being, periodes are 15 minutes and there is an additional type of penalty called Teeing for purposful front of sled contact to another persons sled without angling. Rules wise in grassroots (basic introductory sledge) anyone can play no matter their ability so abled family and friends can join you. Above the intermediate competitive level however, all players must have an impairment that affects their lower body in a way that means they do not have the capacity to play stand up hockey even at a lower level.

Blind hockey: Blind hockey is played pretty much the same as regular hockey, all players have a severe visual impairment/blindness and it is played with a large hollow puck that jingles so players know where it is

Anyone feel free to add more! There are so many different ways to have fun and be active as a disabled person the first step is just learning that they exist!

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ca-tsuka · 2 months

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The posters/diptych of Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Illustration by Ugo Gattoni.

#Ugo Gattoni #paris #olympics #paralympics

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pixierainbows · 4 months

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Were you a Paralympic athlete, or did I just dream that?

Not Paralympics, Pixie do special olympics . Is similar . but . for different kind of disabilities . special olympics Is for intellectual and developmental disabilities .

#asks and answers #special olympics #paralympics #intellectual disability #developmental disability #actually disabled

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sometimesmyhandswork · 6 months

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#hedgehog #my art #drawing #paralympics #wheelchair

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doyouknowthisdisabledcharacter · 1 month

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Do You Know This Disabled Character?

Sondre the Troll is an amputee.

#poll #polls #disability #disabled characters #id in alt text #sondre the troll #1994 Paralympics #paralympics

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fangod9624 · 2 months

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Ladies and gentlemen... I have an imagination...

Since my world accepts fictional characters from cartoons to video games and more, I don't really accept mascots to be real in my world because mascots are mascots and they must protect their rights.

If I'm able to do so, here are some scenarios from mascots I like if they were in my world. Some are fake, some are for fun, some are basically true...

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sunnycanwrite · 8 months

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What Paralympics sport do you see Barbara Gordon doing?

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twisted-rat-king · 1 year

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TW: Ableism yo this situation kind of fucking sucks. an organization that influences how people treat disabled people and is supposed to be an inspiration to disabled people making fun of their atheletes' disabilities, and allowing the shitshow that is the comments to continue unaddressed, even encouraging it at times? that shit ain't cool. i don't think there would be an issue if the atheletes themselves had been the ones making and posting the memes on their personal accounts, but this is just gross.

#ableism #tw ableism #cripplepunk #cripple punk #physically disabled #paralympics #paralympian #actually disabled #physical disability #Youtube #-Richard

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elitehanitje · 5 months

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Paralympian Athlete Shayne Smith Cosplaying as Roderick Strong

#Roderick Strong #Shayne Smith #Adam Cole #AEW #All Elite Wrestling #AEW Dynamite #AEW Rampage #AEW Collision #All Elite #Paralympics #Amputee #Paralympian

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haveyoutriedthis · 12 days

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#hobbies #polls #sports #basketball #wheelchair basketball #mobility aid #paralympics #have you tried this hobby #submission #[they used to have paralympic athletes come into my school for sessions like this]#[so impressive. unimaginable coordination + upper body strength]

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daily-plush · 5 months

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2020 Tokyo Olympic Paralympic Maneki Neko Plush

#manekineko #olympics #paralympics #Plushies #just obsessed with his colors and shape is all

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olympicmascotbracket · 8 months

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Ok I know I said that I would include Sumi and Mukmuk (most photos have them all together) but I didn’t include any other Paralympic mascots so that’s probably not fair

Also for those who are curious Wenlock is supposed to be drops of steel.

Apparently the Olympic and Paralympic mascots where advertised together there two, which is probably why I felt like something was off when I only wrote down one name.

#Quatchi and Miga #paralympics #mascotbracket #mascots #polls #olympics #Canada #Wenlock #UK

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wheelie-butch · 1 year

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Para-sports has really changed my outlook on basically everything we're taught about sport, fitness, ability, weight, health etc. It's so important, every para-sports club in the world deserves a billion pounds each so everyone can have the opportunity to try it all out.

#mez speaks #disability #actually disabled #wheelchair rugby #paralympics #parasports #its done more for me than any body positive movement tbh

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gayaest · 2 years

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