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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Main Author: JR Silver
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh 2018-06-01
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