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Posts by Striving for Paralympic Parity
Professor Michael Silk touches on where the problems with the media’s coverage about disabled sports comes from #Paralympics #ParalympicsGB
Three texts read from Nick Ferrari’s show on LBC. Hope all is well https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15339433/cricket-one-legged-father-pay-36000-benefits-filmed.html Would you be available at 08:35 this morning to speak to Nick about whether the DWP should be taking away this man’s benefits reply from me: No im not free for that. I would never be free for that. It’s just another example of how the press are demonising disabled peopleI’m
headline from the daily mail reads Just not cricket! One-legged father is ordered to pay £36,000 of benefits back after being filmed playing the sport
Need you all to understand how utterly exhausting it is for disabled people (especially those of us with any public profile) to exist online rn.
Do people think that there is enough TV coverage surrounding disabled sports globally, or more specifically in the UK? #Paralympics #Disability #Disabledsports
A powerful message from former GB Special Olympics coach Janet Warrington, highlighting exactly why it’s so important to bridge the disparity gap and understand the struggles of disability. #Paralympics #SpecialOlympics #Disabilityawareness
“It’s elite, it’s professional, we just happen to have a disability.” #GraceHarvey #Paralympics #Paris2024
For my final degree project, I'm exploring how the media's coverage of disabled athletes and sports fails to bridge the disparity gap between non-disabled athletes and sports through the lens of Paralympic athlete, Grace Harvey. #Paralympics #GraceHarvey
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