CS 13.3 Paralympics

Question 1

Paralympics Origin (1)

Answer 1

• First held in 1960 (Rome)

Question 2

London 2012 stats (2)

Answer 2

• TV audience of 3.8 billion
• 164 countries

Question 3

UK Disabled stat (2)

Answer 3

• 13.3 million disabled people in UK
• As of 2018

Question 4

Example of a scheme to help disabled people integrate (2)

Answer 4

• SSUK (Snow Sport UK)
• Allows able bodied and disabled people to share ski slopes

Question 5

SSUK motto (3)

Answer 5

• “Why shouldn’t you have a wheelchair on the top of a mountain?”
• David Morris
• 1974

Question 6

Global Attitude to Disabilities (5)

Answer 6

• The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• Seeks to bring cultural change on a global scale
• The rise of a global culture has helped turn the Paralympics
• Into one of the world’s biggest sporting events
• And puts disabled and able bodied atheletes on the same stage

Question 7

TV audience: 3.8 billion in 164 countries…

This global audience has led to…. (2)

Answer 7

• Thousands of programmes being set up for disabled people
• E.g. Snow Sport UK