Short description Commissioned by the International Council for Sport Science and Physical Education and the International Olympic Committee, Athlete First: A History of the Paralympic Movement provides an academically thorough, researched history and analysis of the Paralympic Movement, including the development and organization of the International Paralympic Committee. The book examines the location of the phenomenon of disabled sport and international competition within their changing historical context and in relation to the Olympic Movement and able-bodied sport.
From the contents Foreword: Sir Philip Craven
Foreword: Prof. Dr. Gudrun Doll-Tepper
Preface
Chapter 1: A showcase of ability
Chapter 2: An air of hopelessness
Chapter 3: The era of development 1960 - 1980
Chapter 4: Fair, not equal: 1980 - 1988
Chapter 5: Building bridges not walls: 1988 to 1992
