The origins of sport for disabled people
The disabled sports movement is considered to have started in 1948 when, under the aegis of Ludwig Guttmann, England hosted the first wheelchair games at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. In this review, we challenge the assumption that sport for disabled people started after the Second World War and conte...
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Language: | English |
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Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
2018-06-01
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Series: | The Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh |
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Online Access: | https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/sites/default/files/jrcpe_48_2_silver.pdf |