“There is no such thing as a standard or run-of-the-mill human being, but we share the same human spirit.” So said physicist Stephen Hawking at the onset of the Opening Ceremonies for the 14th Paralympic Games Wednesday night in London. The Associated Press story found on ESPN.com from which I pulled this quote provides a [...]
Depictions of the British Paralympic athletes on the host nation’s billboards and news sites inspired me to research members of the U.S. team. A press release found on the Team USA site says America will be sending 227 participants to compete in 21 different events from archery to wheelchair tennis. There are 133 men and 94 [...]
Depending on when you read this post, the Opening Ceremonies of the 14th Paralympic Games may already be underway. Will-Kate, as the tabloids are calling the newly betrothed Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, will have led the Royal Family procession just as they did during the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympic Games last month, and viewers [...]
England’s wave of enthusiasm for Olympic competition is expected to carry over into the Paralympic games, which start tomorrow. At least Channel 4 is hoping that’s the case; the British television network has committed to more than 500 hours of coverage across its broadcast and online properties and, as we noted yesterday, invested £600,000 in [...]
Picking up where we left off last week with a discussion about the 2012 Paralympic Games starting this Wednesday, and in particular the media coverage of the events that more than 4,2000 athletes with disabilities representing 166 countries will be participating in during their visit to London, England. David Stringer’s Associated Press article, “Full TV [...]
What was more fun than watching this year’s Summer Olympics? The answer, evidently, was complaining about stateside coverage of the games in London. Criticizing NBC became kind of a social media sporting event in and of itself; with viewers participating in events like the “live-coverage-channel-search” and the “news-broadcast-results-announcement-dodge.” In many people’s estimation, the network broke [...]
Folks who first learned about South African runner Oscar Pistorius during the 2012 Olympic Games held earlier this summer will have a chance to see him again next week when he returns to the United Kingdom to compete in the 2012 Paralympic Games, taking place August 29 through September 9, in London. Breaking records are [...]
I visited the Boston Museum of Science at least half a dozen times before I was 12 years old, either on school field trips or excursions into the city with my family. While the historical monuments, the Boston Aquarium, and Fenway Park all held great appeal for my sister and I, the science museum was [...]
The Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism website, IowaWatch, published a very thought-provoking article yesterday by staff writer Sujin Kim. Entitled “Adults with autism struggle getting jobs, assistance,” Kim’s article combines text, photography, and video in a multi-dimensional look at the needs of people with disabilities and whether they are being met adequately by employers [...]
A letter to the editor found in the August 13 edition of The Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, reminds us of the importance role service centers can play in making life matter for people with disabilities. Ken, Sue, and Kris Kleinmeyer all signed the letter expressing concern over potential cuts in funding to prevocational programs [...]