This year’s Paralympics in London marked the first time in 12 years that people with intellectual impairments were allowed to compete, as Erin Dean reports
This year, athletes with learning disabilities were allowed to compete at the Paralympic Games for the first time in 12 years. This article discusses the reasons for the rule change, and its potential importance to service users and society as a whole.
Learning Disability Practice. 15, 8, 18-19. doi: 10.7748/ldp2012.10.15.8.18.c9327
Correspondencecolin.parish@rcnpublishing.co.uk
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