Palaestra articles from June 2001

Palaestra archives from June 2001

Score One for Casey Martin and the Americans With Disabilities Act.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... On May 29, individuals with disabilities scored a rare win in the United States Supreme Court. In PGA Tour v. Martin, the Court held that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires the Professional Golfers' Association to provide golfer...

Where are the Physical Education and Recreation Programs? Overview of Federal Physical Education and Recreation Policies.
June 22, 2001... There are two governmental processes studied at the federal level by advocates of physical education and recreation. They are the authorization and appropriation processes. Authorizations are initiated once by Congress, and then...

Fundamental Motor Skill Performances of Children With ADD, LD, and MMR --A Pilot Study.
June 22, 2001... Proficiency in performances of fundamental motor skills (FMS) has been considered an underlining factor for success of more complex movements used in aquatic, dance, games, and sports (Wickstrom, 1982). Included in FMS have been object control...

APAC Action.(Adapted Physical Activity Council)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... Physical Activity for All Video Disc--Now Available The Physical Activity for All Digital Video Disc: Professional Enhancement Program developed by Louis Bowers and Stephen Klesius of the University of South Florida is now available FREE to...

Half Marathon Records.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... The first National Leg Amputee Half Marathon Championships were held in San Diego on November 19. Paul Martin, below-knee amputee, turned in a time of 1:31:49, earning $1,500 in prize money. The race was part of the Athletes Helping Athletes...

Shea Cowart.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... Sprinter Shea Cowart, bilateral below-knee amputee, was one of five athletes with disabilities who were finalists for the Laureus World Sports Award, presented May 22 in Monaco. Vinney Lauwers, an Australian sailor with paraplegia, took this...

Jean Driscoll Retires.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... Jean Driscoll, eight-time women's wheelchair division champion of the Boston Marathon, announced her retirement during a press conference at the Boston Athletic Association. "I've always told myself that once the fire starts to go, then I know...

International Challenge.(disabled athletes' sports competition)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... U.S. elite athletes gained immediate and long-term opportunities to elevate their athletic status thanks to this summer's first International Challenge in San Diego at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California, August 8-12. This...

U.S. Spirit Award Athletes.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... Athletes with disabilities were included with Olympic competitors for the first time in consideration for the U.S. Spirit Awards. Pam Fernandes, blind cyclist, and Marlon Shirley, amputee track athlete, were the premier Paralympic winners....

Service Learning Curriculum Opens Doors to Students to Embrace Differences.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... To help alter attitudes and stereotypes about individuals with mental retardation and create caring, inclusive environments in schools nationwide, Special Olympics has developed a curriculum and recommended service learning opportunities as...

Africa.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... The second year of Special Olympics Africa Initiative Training was launched in Namibia in March, 2001. Training for coaches and athletes was held in sessions including general orientation, principals of coaching, athletics, how to start a local...

Europe/Eurasia.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... Fifty Special Olympics football players from throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina and two guest teams from Slovenia competed in the Sarajevo Open 2001 football tournament, held in April as part of Special Olympics European Football Week. The chief...

Latin America.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... The Executive Committee of the Olympic Committee of Guatemala has selected Special Olympics Guatemala as the recipient of the 2001 International Olympic Committee Trophy: Sports and Volunteers (Trofeo del Comite Olimpico Internacional 2001:...

Middle East/North Africa (MENA).(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... The MENA Regional Leadership Council (RLC) meeting and business meeting were held in April, in Manama, Bahrain, to discuss the five-year plan for developing Special Olympics Programs in the region, concept of a MENA-select floor hockey team...

North America.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... The Special Olympics Kodak All-American Basketball Clinic was held in St. Louis last March. Thirty athletes from the Special Olympics Missouri East Area were instructed and coached by three All Americans--Tamika Catchins from University of...

South America.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... Cuenca, Ecuador, was the site of the Special Olympics Ecuador 11th National Games. It also was the site for one of the first Special Olympics-Lions Clubs International Opening Eyes screening clinics under the new partnership formed between...

Assess Athletes' Fitness Levels.(Special Olympics athletes)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... When developing an exercise and training program, safety is the most important consideration. To help ensure the safety of athletes, it is important to first evaluate athletes' general medical, health, and activity histories. Information also...

Cycling Team Announces 2001 Racing Camp.(U.S. Association of Blind Athletes)
June 22, 2001... The U.S. Association of Blind Athletes (USABA) is playing host to the 2001 Disabled Cycling Team Developmental Rider Camp, August 25-29, at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Cyclists with physical disabilities...

A New Name--National Disability Sports Alliance (NDSA).
June 22, 2001... The USCPAA Board of Directors approved a name change at their annual meeting, feeling the new name will better reflect the broadening base of programs and services the organization offers. An example is the National Sports Festival for the...

National High School Interscholastic Track Meet.(wheelchair track athletics)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 22, 2001... It's been a long time coming, but when the 167 teams representing 8 states and the District of Columbia hit the track on Saturday May 12,2001, at White Plains High School in White Plains, NY, they included the nation's best open wheelchair...

A Study of Guide-Running Techniques for Children Who Are Blind.
June 22, 2001... Rationale Regular physical activity benefits both physical and psychological health, and reduces risks for heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, and stress-related illnesses (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,...

2001 Pan American Games for the Blind.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... Spartanburg, South Carolina Three hang gliders started out as tiny dots and emerged over the crowd of 2,500 excited fans and athletes at the III Pan American Games for the Blind at the South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind...

The Family Systems Theory.
June 22, 2001... ADAPTED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PROGRAMMING WITHIN THE FAMILY-- Family Systems Theory Explained in three sections-- * components of the theory, * parental roles, and * family acceptance of disability. This article draws...

Equipment to Enhance an Adapted Aquatic Program.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... PART 3: But Where's the Pool? Introducing beginning swimmers to the joy of aquatics can be a challenging endeavor. When these individuals have physical, medical, cognitive, and/or behavioral disabilities, the task can seem daunting. Then,...

Alcohol and Athletes--When drinking becomes a problem.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... In our society, athletics and alcohol go hand in hand. Observe athletes drinking beer post-exercise, tailgaters at football games, champions getting showered with champaign. Athletics and alcohol also mesh together in another way--many...

Future Directions of the Deaflympics.
June 22, 2001... On May 16, 2001, the International Olympic Committee met in Lausanne, Switzerland, and voted to approve a request from the Comite International des Sports des Sourds to change the name Deaf World Games to Deaflympics. Previously, the Deaf World...

Basketball Clinic.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... The United States Cerebral Palsy Athletic Association held its first-ever co-ed basketball clinic for players with cerebral palsy who are ambulatory and do not use assistive devices. Springfield College (MA) head women's basketball coach Naomi...

John K. Williams, Jr. International Adaptive Aquatics Award.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... Monica Lepore teaches kinesiology and special education majors at West Chester University in Pennsylvania. Her profession, adapted physical education, strives to improve services for and increase awareness of benefits of physical activity,...

IOC Honors Enrique Sanz.(International Olympic Committee)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... International Paralympic Committee Executive Committee member and President of the International Blind Sport Association (IBSA), Enrique Sanz, was awarded the Olympic Order by Juan Antonio Samaranch on behalf of the International Olympic...

National Wheelchair Soccer Tournament.
June 22, 2001... Eight wheelchair soccer teams met in Houston, TX, for the 2001 Division A and B Championships. Played on a basketball court, players are allowed to dribble and pass as in wheelchair basketball, but the ball is thrown into a goal, and the rules...

Setting Records On Top of the World.(blind rock and ice climber Erik Weihenmayer)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... Thirty-two-year-old rock and ice climber Erik Weihenmayer successfully climbed 29,035 ft Mount Everest with eighteen other members of his team. Departing Camp 4 at 8:45 PM, the team pushed through wind and snow until early morning when the...

PARALYMPIC WINTER GAMES.(March 7-16, 2002)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... The VIII Paralympic Winter Games, March 7-16, 2002, will feature up to 1,100 athletes and team officials from 35 countries. Venues throughout the Wasatch Front will host 26 events in three sports and four disciplines-alpine skiing, biathlon,...

Huebner to Lead New United States Paralympic Corporation.(Charlie Huebner)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... The United States Olympic Committee announced the selection of Charlie Huebner to lead its new United States Paralympic Corporation (USPC) as Director of Paralympic Sport Management. The corporation came into existence on April 16. The USPC,...

INAS-FID Suspended from IPC Membership.(International Sports Federation for Athletes with an Intellectual Disability; International Paralympic Committee)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... The International Sports Federation for Athletes with an Intellectual Disability has been suspended from membership within the International Paralympic Committee. Initial action was taken in January this year by the IPC Sport Management...

Steadward Receives Honorary Doctorate.(Robert Steadward, president of the International Paralympic Committee)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... Dr. Robert Steadward, International Paralympic Committee President, was bestowed with the Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree by the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, last February. The honor recognizes Dr. Steadward's lifelong contributions...

Tenth Anniversary of the ADA--Merely an Accommodation or an Inalienable Right?(Americans with Disabilities Act)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2001... The year 2000 marked the tenth anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by President George Bush. The ADA is an historic piece of legislation--it protects the civil rights of people with disabilities and is...

Bicycling with Children: A Complete How-To-Guide.(Review)
June 22, 2001... Bell, T.E. (1999). Bicycling with Children: A Complete How-To-Guide Seattle, WA: The Mountaineers Books (1001 SW Klickitat Way, Ste. 201, 98134; (206) 223-6303, FAX (206) 223-6306; mbooks@mountaineers.org ; www.mountaineers.org ; ISBN...

Children With Disabilities In Physical Education: Learning Through Movement.(Review)
June 22, 2001... Boucher, A. & Tripp, A. (1994). Children With Disabilities In Physical Education: Learning Through Movement Rockville, MD: National Handicapped Sports (now Disabled Sports, USA; 451 Hungerford Dr., Ste. 100, 20850; (301) 217-0960, FAX (301)...

Challenge: Everybody Plays, Everybody Wins (Video) (n.d.).(Review)
June 22, 2001... Challenge: Everybody Plays, Everybody Wins (Video) (n.d.) Boston, MA: Fanlight Productions (47 Halifax St., 02130; (800) 937-4113, FAX (617) 524-8838, outside USA; (617) 524-0980; 28 min, $195.00 + $9.00 shipping; rental, $50.00 per day). ...

Accommodations--Or Just Good Teaching? Strategies for Teaching College Students with Disabilities.(Review)
June 22, 2001... Hodge, B.M. & Preston-Sabin, J. (Editors) (1997). Accommodations--Or Just Good Teaching? Strategies for Teaching College Students with Disabilities Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. (Praeger Publishing, 88 Post Road West, PO Box...

Making Special Events Fit in the 21st Century.(Review)
June 22, 2001... Jackson, R. (1997). Making Special Events Fit in the 21st Century Champaign, IL: Sagamore Publishing (804 N. Neil Street, St. 100, 61820; (217) 359-5940, FAX (217) 359-5975; ISBN 157167-033-5; softcover, 138 pgs, $26.95). To satisfy...

Kids In Wheelchairs (1997) (video).(Review)
June 22, 2001... Kids In Wheelchairs (1997) (video). Sherborn, MA: Aquarius Productions, Inc. (5 Powderhouse Lane, PO Box 1159, 01770; (508) 651-2963, FAX (508) 650-4216; aqvideos@ixl.net; VHS video, 12 min) Children in wheelchairs are shown in...

The Seven Deadly Sins: Common Mistakes That Lead to Due Process Hearings.(Review)
June 22, 2001... Maloney, M., Esq. (1994). The Seven Deadly Sins: Common Mistakes That Lead to Due Process Hearings Horsham, PA: LRP Publications (Dept. 430, 747 Dresher Rd., Ste. 500, PO Box 980, 19044-0980; (800) 341-7874; VHS video, 22-minutes; $69.00 +...