Abstract
The impact of the Paralympic Games and disability sport upon the lives of people with disabilities and the perceptions of non-disabled society regarding people with disabilities has been immense. Yet examples of this disability sport and Paralympic heritage is all but invisible amongst the wider area of sports heritage. This paper will attempt to outline some of the possible reasons why this might be the case and cite some examples of how this apparent marginalization of Paralympic heritage might be overcome as we move forward beyond the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Heritage and the Olympics: People, Place and Performance |
| Editors | Sean Gammon, Gregory Ramshaw, Emma Waterton |
| Place of Publication | uk |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Pages | 53-67 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780415726009, 9781138949508 |
| Publication status | Published - 23 Jan 2015 |
Bibliographical note
The full text is not available on the repository.Keywords
- Heritage
- Marginalization
- Paralympic
- Disability
- Sport
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Brittain, I., Ramshaw, G., & Gammon, S. (2015). The marginalization of Paralympic heritage. In S. Gammon, G. Ramshaw, & E. Waterton (Eds.), Heritage and the Olympics: People, Place and Performance (pp. 53-67). uk: Routledge.