{"id":750,"date":"2009-09-11T09:59:31","date_gmt":"2009-09-11T08:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.canterbury.ac.uk\/centre-for-sport-physical-education-and-activity-research\/?p=750"},"modified":"2026-01-27T11:19:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T11:19:56","slug":"paralympic-potential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.canterbury.ac.uk\/centre-for-sport-physical-education-and-activity-research\/paralympic-potential\/","title":{"rendered":"Paralympic Potential"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u2018A missed opportunity waiting to happen? The social legacy potential of the London 2012 Paralympic Games\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>spear<\/em>&nbsp;conducted extensive exploration of the potential for the London 2012 Paralympic Games to generate positive social outcomes for disabled people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This study involved a review of Olympic and Paralympic research, the policies and strategy-planning documents related to the 2012 Games and the history of the disability rights movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key Findings<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Strategic leveraging at international, national and local level involving the identification, implementation and evaluation of the action required is necessary to maximise positive outcomes and minimise the risk of conflicting action \u2013 or even inaction.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Olympic Games were largely both intentionally and unintentionally overlooked in legacy planning which appeared to assume that they offered few specific opportunities beyond those served by the generic legacy strategies catering for \u2018The 2012 Games\u2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date:&nbsp;<\/strong>2009<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-ca9f2437-dde4-4353-8ebf-39e86b273093\" href=\"https:\/\/research.canterbury.ac.uk\/centre-for-sport-physical-education-and-activity-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/06\/A-Missed-Opportunity.pdf\">A Missed Opportunity<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/research.canterbury.ac.uk\/centre-for-sport-physical-education-and-activity-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/06\/A-Missed-Opportunity.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-ca9f2437-dde4-4353-8ebf-39e86b273093\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>spear conducted extensive exploration of the potential for the London 2012 Paralympic Games to generate positive social outcomes for disabled people. 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