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Memo: To the general public

Re: Disabilities and sports -- what you can do to change the image of disabled athletes

Recently, there has been a great deal of concern expressed about the modern image of sports: sports have been criticized for being insensitive to the concerns of people who do not reflect the image of the 'typical' athlete, including women, gay people, and persons with disabilities. In fact, people from all of these categories can be extraordinary athletes. The media image of whom and what is constructed as an athlete must begin to change and shift and there must be a national education about the possibilities of persons who defy conventional stereotypes of what it means to be disabled. "People with disabilities have historically been excluded in the realms of sport - where they fail to meet standards of the 'ideal sporting body' - and in advertising, where they also fail to meet an ideal-body standard" (Hardin 2003).

It is required that schools "provide disabled students with access to opportunities in extracurricular activities including varsity, club, and intramural sports under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973" (Staurowsky 2013). Schools are not allowed to exclude persons with disabilities who are capable of participating in sports and must also make accommodations for persons with disabilities who may need additional sporting activities that make allowances for their limitations (such as persons in wheelchairs who wish to play wheelchair tennis).
Outside of school, the media has a responsibility to give greater attention to athletes who have overcome physical, mental, and emotional challenges. Compared with the 'regular' Olympics, the extraordinary achievements in the Paralympics receive almost no attention. Disabled athletes are often seen as 'less than' as a result, and their contribution to the world of sports is not valued. "Studies of disabled sport coverage have revealed that elite disabled athletes have less chance of being…

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Hardin, Marie. (2003). Marketing the acceptably athletic image: Wheelchair athletes, sport related advertising and capitalist hegemony. Disability Studies Quarterly, 23 (1): 108

125. Retrieved: http://dsq-sds.org/article/view/403/553

Staurowsky, Elaine. (2013). New guidance from the Office for Civil Rights regarding athletes with disabilities. College Business News. Available: http://collegesportsbusinessnews.com/issue/march-2013/article/new-guidance-from-the-office-for-civil-rights-regarding-athletes-with-disabilities-utm_source=College+Sports+Business+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=7cf9981ff3-Mar21-Staurowsky&utm_medium=email
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