Abstract: The Inclusion of the Paralympics in the Olympic and Amateur Sports Act

Hums, M. A., Moorman, A. M., & Woolf, E. A. (2003). Journal of Sports and Social Issues, 27 (3), 261-275.

This article describes the development of disability sport governance, with respect to the Stevens Amendment of 1998, a legal mandate on greater inclusiveness for athletes with disabilities. As Congress did not specify how the act should be executed, the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), along with the various national governing bodies (NGBs) and disabled sports organizations (DSOs), struggle with how the act should be implemented. The article provides disability sport background information, legal and policy implications of the Stevens Amendment disability sport governance, and recommendations for the USOC and the NGBs in fulfillment of its mandate.

International Paralympic Committee 2005 Research Initiative

The International Paralympic Committee will publish a guest International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education Perspectives series entitled, "The Multidisciplinary Series of Physical Education and Sport Science," and calls for academic and scientific institutions to submit articles on topics related to sport for people with disabilities and the Paralympic movement.

Click on http://www.ncpad.org/688/3128/2005-03-01#4 for additional information.

Research Study on Spinal Cord Injury and Physical Activity: Looking for Volunteers

If you or someone you know has a spinal cord injury for at least 1 year, are 18 years or older, can read and speak English, and live in the United States, call 866-380-4344 or e-mail Matt Kehn (matthew.e.kehn@medstar.net) about participating in a study on the relationship between health and exercise/physical activity in people with spinal cord injury.