Semester 2 Session 6

This week's topic is "Parasport" or sport for the disabled.

Today, there are a lot of disciplines proposing parasport. I think that it's a very good thing because everyone must have the chance to do sport and no one should be excluded. I also think that disabled persons should'nt be placed in groups apart of other athletes because it's a form of exclusion. Even if, today, parasport is well developped, I saw in sociology that a lot of injustices are still existing, for example the funds given are lower for parasport despite the fact that equipments are very expensive. I hope that there will be improvements in the future.

What i think about parasport is i think is an other world of sport. I think it's good because that's give a chance to success and be happy in them life. That way, you don’t get into your disability.
And that permitted to a sain person to make up for it and can create job to success in life. Even if the performance was worst i like to see them. What i like with them its they are humble and have a very good mental. If i became disabled i enjoy to train hard and maybe achieve the Olympic Games even if the glory are not the same. I follow a little Phillipe Ribière who is a french disable climber. I strongly encourage the disable people to join a sport.

I was lucky enough to be able to play handisport, especially wheelchair basketball and also to play sports with people with disabilities, and it's a really great thing. Because they are people who have a vision and a way of doing things that is sometimes totally different from people who are not disabled so they teach us a lot. In recent years, the handisport has developed a lot especially with the Paralympic Games that were set up in 1960.

I think ParaSport is a great discipline. I think it's beautiful that people with disabilities can also play the sport they love, whether it's in leisure or even in competition.
Today ParaSport is present in many disciplines and championships like the Olympic Games! I personally have a lot of compassion for these people because there is a moment in their lives that must have been very hard to face and yet he continues to fight even in a sport to improve and move forward in their lives, I think they have immense courage!
What is also impressive is the different prostheses or armchairs that have been specially designed for athletes with disabilities. For example there are all the prosthetics that we can find in athletics! I think ParaSport is a very impressive discipline to watch.

About Parasport, I agree with my classmates, it's very positive that disables people can practice every sport without being exclue. In my point of view, I am just disappointed that this type of sport is not metiatise as a non-para sport. This is quite unfair. For me Olympics sports are impressive but Parasport too. See people with members swimming, people without walk capacity running… All of this must be seen by more people! I have a deep respect for every disable athlete.
With my parents and my brother we talked about the place of Trans people in sport. And I would like your opinion on this subject ( if you want of course)

Eva Gousserey wrote:About Parasport, I agree with my classmates, it's very positive that disables people can practice every sport without being exclue. In my point of view, I am just disappointed that this type of sport is not metiatise as a non-para sport. This is quite unfair. For me Olympics sports are impressive but Parasport too. See people with members swimming, people without walk capacity running… All of this must be seen by more people! I have a deep respect for every disable athlete.  
With my parents and my brother we talked about the place of Trans people in sport. And I would like your opinion on this subject ( if you want of course)

I think that'd be a great topic for either upEnglish or a discussion session. both in sport and more general in society.

It seems important to me to explain whaat is called handisport. It's a sport with specific rules that allow people who have physical or sensory problem to practise it. So I admire a lot them. Indeed it's hard to practice a sport with a normal condition, so to be abble to reach the high level with lower capacities than normal athletes is for me completly unbelievable. That's why we need to promote it for helping them to become more famous !

I think the parasport is great because it allows anyone to be able to play sports. The only thing that is unfortunate is that it is not recognized enough internationally and that there is less income than no parasport. I have already played wheelchair basketball and football with my eyes hidden and I found it very fun and I felt like I was discovering a new sport. I think parasport should be put on even more boasting that it is and that everyone can practice it.

I admit that I don't know much about parasport. Before I got into staps I really almost never heard of it. And finally it is not noramal that, I almost never heard of it is that it is not well publicized. And from what I heard and which marked me the most it was at the time of the Paralympic Games in Sydney in 2000, the Spanish intellectual deficient basketball team had won gold while 10 of the 12 athletes did not. had no mental handicap. The people who are responsible for this scandal are inhumane. I don't understand how we can be proud to win this way! Compared to this scandal I prefer those who dope.

The parasport is a very good things I find. Because to my mind everybody can do sport so from my point of view it necessary that even people who are disabled can do sport and competition. For exemple, I find that a competition like JO which is for able people and disabled people but not at the same time is a nice thing. Disabled people may have the same competition and they they don't have to be sidelined (just for equality they need their competition). There is a need more adapte competition for disabled people, and more adaptation and adjustment in the differents club in France. Because there is too little of club which can accommodate disabled people.

Today, handisport is developing more and more. There is a lot of discipline allowing a person with a disability to practice. I think that's a good thing, even if I find disabled sports a bit left out. For example during the Olympics, there are the Olympics that we know and the Paralympic games, however the Paralympic games are much less viewed and highlighted, which for me does not allow the progression of parasport.

The parasport is for me a very good thing in this world. Indeed, everyone should be able to do sport, whether they have a disability or not. People with a disability are fighting to succeed in sport so you have to give them everything in return. What I mean is that there is still a lack of infrastructure, clubs and competitions in parasport. That's why there has to be an increase in funding for all of this. In any case, I give my respect to these people because they are doing such exceptional things as people at the Olympic Games.

The handisport is a good invention that will allow has people in difficulty for practice an activity of adaptate an equipment and they play a sport . The handisport can give a motivation and a strenght for moving forward all in surpass one self . The victory of sport give an impression for a power and despite this handicape he can feel this positive energy and a enjoy . For certain person allow become a profesional of this sport . This evolution of the handisport it is very good and there is a many sport are no adapte for a handisport so it is importante to that it still evolves .

I don't watch much sport for the disabled in general because it doesn't appear too much on television. In addition, during the Olympic Games for the disabled I watch a lot, it's very interesting and it shows that anything is possible with motivation. In addition, disabled people can find motivation in disabled athletes to start a sport for example. This can allow the person with disabilities to meet new people in the same situation.

The "parasport" is very important, it makes it possible to break down the social barriers between the handicap and the sport. I organize myself the event of the JNSH which corresponds to National Day of Sport and Handicap. Which consists of presenting to pupils aged 6 to 16 what adapted sport is and what changes according to the handicap

Parasport and sport for the disabled is different, today on the one hand, the sport for the disabled is really most reputed, it’s cover and everybody can have an exemple to identify himself in his favourite sport. On the other hand the parasport is less praticate by people and left to one side. They have less sponsors, less money, less covers, less famous… So I hope the parasport will grow up in our world because it’s important for them, their motivation, their pain, their independence… and also for us, our morals, our cultivation… maybe one day the parasport will be also famous like the sport for the disabled.

I agree with my classmates and every people about the subject of parasport I think. It's very important that everypeople can have access to sport. Handisport is developing more and more and it's a great thing. Practicing a physical activity is very essential to keep your body and muscles in good health so it's good that sports can be adapted to the handicapped.
There is still a problem of media visibility. No parasports are broadcast on TV except for the Olympic Games. Sure, it's separate from the JO but it's very positive that there are Paralympic Games. Parasport is still developing like women's sport, but it will progressively grow.

The parasport is very good because that everybody gives a chance to practice the sport that the person loves. With the parasport the disabled people feel more integrated into our society despite all the people who discriminate against disabled people the parasport helps fought against this discrimination. I think that is one of the best creation of the world because we don't imagine how hard being disabled is. I allow myself to speak about this subject because i know a lot of disabled people who are in my family or just my friends.

Sport for the disabled is really a good thing, sport has become more and more accessible whether it be for anyone besides social class and other differences. In addition, I find that people with disabilities are very strong because they manage to achieve excellence even if they lack a sense or a physical part of his body.

I think is important that everyone can do what they whant. So is for this that I am happy to see everybody practice sport. Age, nationality, sex, religion are not excuses. Everybody would have do understand that, sports practitioners and people who send hatred. Sport for the disabled is complicated but not impossible and maybe that’s how they’ll feel better