The Paralympics and the Reality of Inaccessible Sports [CC]

Описание: The Paralympic opening ceremonies are this week. And look, I don't really know anything about sports, but for some reason, the Paralympics have always felt a little ~off~ to me. And I've never been able to explain why. So let's dive into the history, the narrative, and the issues with the Paralympic Games (and being disabled in sports in general)

Note: This video is several years old. Disability conversations and scientific information are constantly evolving, so older videos may contain information or thoughts that have been reevaluated since their original posting date (and/or may have been outdated at the time and I still had things to learn). I am slowly working to re-make older somewhat out-of-date videos, this may be one of them, but please watch with this in mind!
Also please note that I made this pre-transition, I use they/them pronouns now :)
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Sources & further resources -
Inspiration P**n -    • Inspiration P*rn [CC]  
Paralympics - https://www.paralympic.org/paralympic...
Deaflympics - https://www.deaflympics.com/
Special Olympics - https://www.specialolympics.org/?loca...
The story of Rosemary Kennedy -    • The Scandalous History of the Lobotomy // ...  
An in-depth history of the Paralympics - https://www.paris2024.org/en/the-hist...
The Fake Paralympians podcast - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3c... Classifications - https://www.ifcpf.com/static/upload/r...
Cyborgification - https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper...
Becca Meyers - https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/disabil... Sophie Christiansen - https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blo...
Inaccessible athletics - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/1...
Superhumans Campaign -    • C4 - Meet The Superhumans - Paralympics 2012  
WeThe15 Campaign - https://www.verywellhealth.com/wethe1...
Queer Paralympians - https://taylorstrategy.com/paralympic...
Social Costs - https://www.huckmag.com/perspectives/...