LSR 3107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Table Tennis, Cochlear Implant, Deaf Culture

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Leisure Studies
• Course: LSR 3107
• Professor: Audrey Giles

Document Summary

Canadian deaf sports association founded in 1964 non-profit registered charity sanctioned under the icsd (int" committee for sports for the deaf) and recognized by ioc. Deadlympics are on the same line as the paralympics and the regular. Olympics: athletes are able bodied though so not the same as the para, but deaf athletes can compete at the regular olympics. National team program athletes, coaches, managers, medical staff, interpreters camps: identification, selection, training and preparation national and international competition always on a 4 year cycle, 1: building year, 2: pan ams and qualifications, 3: world champ, 4: Icsd founded in 1924 in france and was known as ciss responsible for all the worldwide games regional games are also sanctioned under the organization. 1: building year, 2: pan ams and qualifications, 3: world champ, 4: olympic year deaf sport culture is all about bringing everyone together: competition is important but the social aspect is more important.