ATHLETES WITH DISABILITIES

AUTHOR’S RECOMMENDED READING Disability and Sport by DePauw and Gavron. Human Kinetics 1995. ISBN 0873228480 This book is specific to sport for people with a dis- ability and is a useful preference text, however it does relate strongly to the set up in America and so is not totally compatible with British organisa- tions, rules and regulations. There is a large amount of useful information but the reader should be reminded that it is now eight years old and as such is slightly outdated in some areas. List price £31.00 sportEX

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Sports Medicine for Specific Ages and Abilities by Maffulli, Chan, MacDonald et al. Churchill Livingstone 2001. ISBN 0443061289 This is a fairly new text and covers a variety of different medical issues in relation to different ages and disabilities. There is a small but extremely good chapter on medical issues in relation to children with disabilities which is recommended reading for anyone working

with younger athletes with disabilities. List price £52.99 sportEX

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Exercise in Rehabilitation Medicine by Frontera, Dawson and Slovik. Human Kinetics 1999. ISBN 0880118393 This book is a large text which covers a vari- ety of medical conditions in relation mainly to rehabilitation. There is however some very sound information on athletes with spinal cord injuries and many other chap- ters of interest e.g. exercise and asthma, exercise and neurological disorders and exer-

cise and diabetes. A good place to start for those practitioners

branching out into work with people with disabilities generally. List price £60.00 sportEX

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UK DISABILITY IN SPORT CONFERENCE 21-22 OCTOBER - MANCHESTER

The English Federation of Disability Sport is staging the first ever major UK conference focusing on disability sport policy issues from grassroots to elite performance levels.

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