RT Book, Section A1 Broad, Elizabeth A1 Crawshay, Siobhan A2 Burke, Louise A2 Deakin, Vicki A2 Minehan, Michelle SR Print(0) ID 1185565321 T1 Special Needs: The Paralympic Athlete T2 Clinical Sports Nutrition, 6e YR 2021 FD 2021 PB McGraw Hill Education (Australia) Pty Ltd PP New York, NY SN 9781743767900 LK accessphysiotherapy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1185565321 RD 2023/02/01 AB Sport and exercise have long been recognised as important components in the therapy and rehabilitation of people with physical or intellectual impairments. However, since the inception of the Summer Paralympic Games in 1960 and the Winter Paralympic Games in 1992, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of individuals with impairments training and competing at high levels. Performance standards continue to improve and Paralympic athletes therefore need to train to the same intensity and with the same structure and planning as non-disabled athletes. Even in non-Paralympic sports, athletes with impairments are accomplishing challenging feats, such as individuals with paraplegia swimming the English Channel and completing the Hawaii Ironman Triathlon.