{"product_id":"paralympics-and-disability-sport-1","title":"Paralympics and Disability Sport","description":"\u003cp\u003eAcademic research on the Paralympics and disability sport is growing. University courses, governing bodies, and sporting organisations are also witnessing a rise of interest in disabled sport. This book is therefore timely and of importance. Written by leading scholars, it addresses a variety of topics in relation to the Paralympics and disability sport. These include: the sociology of Paralympic sport; sport coaching at recreational and elite level; sport history and exercise rehabilitation; exercise participation; and future directions for disability sport research.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout the book, disability sport is both celebrated and critically examined. Critical questions are raised, and practical suggestions offered, about being a Paralympian, coaching athletes with a disability, and exercise as a form of rehabilitation. Empirical evidence is drawn from different people and various sports. These range from autoethnographic stories from a former Paralympian, to interviews with disability sport administrators, to observations of and interviews with coaches of athletes in the sports of adapted water skiing, para-swimming, and wheelchair basketball, rugby and tennis. The book will be of interest to sociologists of sport, sport coaches, sport and exercise psychologists, disability scholars, qualitative researchers, and disability sporting organisations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book was published as a special issue of \u003cem\u003eQualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54240833405272,"sku":"9780415826853","price":192.2,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780415826853_f3a930d9-c485-4e88-8143-6e0e7278acd1.jpg?v=1777621537","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/paralympics-and-disability-sport-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}