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In this episode, I evaluate the impact and significance of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Paralympic Games. I speak to key individuals with experience of the event to get their perspective of the Games and to appraise the 2026 Paralympics. I consider the sporting impact of the event, the media engagement, the politics surrounding the Games, as well as contemporary and future challenges facing the Winter Paralympics. Join me for a thorough and in-depth review of the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Games!If you want to learn more about the 50-year history of the Winter Paralympics, please check out my documentary, made in partnership with the National Paralympic Heritage Trust, on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7u9h5ojZ3lsPlease get in touch with your thoughts on the episode Thanks for listening to the Disability Sport Info show! 

In this episode, I speak to Lyndsey Hollands, British Cycling's Strategic Lead ‑ Disability and Inclusion, about British Cycling's efforts to make cycling inclusive for disabled people. We discuss the challenges and current environment for disabled people to cycle in Britain. We turn to British Cycling's efforts to increase the number of disabled people cycling, principally by focusing on their flagship programme, Limitless. We consider the background to the programme, it's success to date, the challenges, and the future of inclusive cycling. Listen to this episode to understand how a National Governing Body is attempting to make their sport more inclusive for disabled people.  Please get in touch with your thoughts on the episodeThanks for listening to the Disability Sport Info show! 

In this episode, I speak to Rebecca Foster, MBE, about inclusive physical education for children and young people with disabilities. We discuss Rebecca's book, 'Physical Education for Young People with Disabilities: A Handbook of Practical Ideas Created by Practitioners for Practitioners Paperback', and how it can support teachers to provide quality physical education. In addition to the discussion about Rebecca's book, we discuss the wider landscape of inclusive physical education. Link to the book: https://tinyurl.com/5cv79mtePlease get in touch with your thoughts on the episodeThanks for listening to the Disability Sport Info show! 

In this episode, I evaluate the impact and significance of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. I speak to key individuals who attended the event to get their perspective of the Games and to appraise the 2024 Paralympics. I consider the aims of the Paris Paralympics, the accessibility of the event, and what it was like to be in the stadiums and arenas during the Games. I appraise the quantity and quality of the media coverage. The sport participation legacy of the Paris Games is considered and debated, followed by a final assessment of impact and significance of the event for the development and future of the Paralympics. Join me for a thorough and in-depth review of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games!Please get in touch with your thoughts on the episode Thanks for listening to the Disability Sport Info show! 

In this special episode, I speak to Giles Long, founder of the LEXI classification system. LEXI (https://lexi.global/) communicates the Parasport classification system in a clear and simple manner. During our chat I discover why and how LEXI was invented, what makes LEXI unique, and the best ways of communicating the Parasport classification system. Enhance your enjoyment of the Paralympics with this deep dive into the LEXI classification system. Please get in touch with your thoughts on the episodeThanks for listening to the Disability Sport Info show! 

In this episode, the first of a special series on the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games, I explore what disability is. Professor Tom Shakespeare, a renowned Disability Studies scholar, discusses the meaning of disability for the individual and how disability is perceived within society. This episode is perfect if you want to learn about disability to support your enjoyment of the 2024 Paris Paralympics.Please get in touch with your thoughts on the episodeThanks for listening to the Disability Sport Info show! 

In this short episode, I announce an exciting new YouTube series for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Exclusive content will be hosted on the @DisabilitySportInfo YouTube channel before and during the event.  I'll show you how the Paralympics became the event it is today, how success is achieved, and consider the legacy of the Paralympics, and much more besides! Be sure not to miss out by subscribing to the Disability Sport Info channel on YouTube so you can become a Paralympics expert, too! Please get in touch with your thoughts on the episodeThanks for listening to the Disability Sport Info show! 

In this emergency podcast, I react to Labour winning a landslide in the UK General Election. I consider what the new Labour government means for disability sport, specifically at the grassroots sport level.Please get in touch with your thoughts on the episode Thanks for listening to the Disability Sport Info show! 

In this episode, the UK's Get Active (2023) strategy for physical activity and sport participation is considered. An expert panel consider the details of the strategy and its implication for disabled people's sport participation and physical activity. Specifically, we consider the UK government's pledge to get 700,000 more disabled people active by 2030 as part of the Get Active strategy. This episode was filmed in front of a live audience at the University of Hertfordshire's Festival of Ideas, Friday 17th May 2024. This episode and other clips from the event are available on our YouTube channel, @DisabilitySportInfo. Please get in touch with your thoughts on the episodeThanks for listening to the Disability Sport Info show! 

In this episode, I'm joined by Josef Baines,  Insight Manager at London Sport, to discuss the physical activity and sport participation of disabled Londoners.  We consider the current sport and physical activity of disabled Londoners, including projects London Sport are supporting. We discuss the impact and influence of the cost of living crisis on disabled Londoners' sport and physical activity participation. We move onto policy where we consider London Sport's Manifesto and the latest government policy for sport, Get Active (2023). The legacy from the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games is considered, followed by Josef explaining the lessons he's learned from working in the disability sport and physical activity sector. Please get in touch with your thoughts on the episode Thanks for listening to the Disability Sport Info show!