A PROGRAM OF NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY'S CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF SPORT IN SOCIETY

INCLUSION & ADVOCACY FOR ATHLETES WITH A DISABILITY

DISABILITY IN SPORT


Director:

Eli Wolff

Researh Fellows:

Dr. Mary Hums

Dr. Ted Fay



CURRENT INITIATIVES:

Research

Disability Report Card

Advising and Consulting

Advocacy

Education, Curriculum
and Outreach

Events & Programs


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RESEARCH AREAS:
  • Grass Roots Development
  • Advertising and Marketing
  • Management, Policy, Legal
  • Sports, Disability Rights, Disbaility Culture

RECENT RESEARCH REPORTS:

  • "Examing Opportunities for Athletes with a Disability within and in Relationship to the International Olympic Committee: A Case Study"
  • "Relationships between International Sport Federations and International Disability Sport"

UPCOMING RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS:

  • Fay, T. and Wolff, E.A.
    "Where Do I Fit? Conflicts of Identity and Recognition For Athletes with Disabilities Nominated for ESPN�s new ESPY Award Category Recognizing the Best Disabled Athlete of the Year"
    2003 Conference of the North American Society for Sport Sociology

  • Hums, M.A. and Wolff, E.A. Sport without Disability:
    "Understanding the Exclusion of Athletes with a Disability at All Levels of Sport"
    2003 Conference of the North American Society for Sport Sociology

  • Ljubisic, L. and Wolff, E.A.
    "Fostering the Development of Youth in Paralympic Sport: Paralympic Athletes as Mentors and Facilitators"
    2003 International Paralympic Committee VISTA Conference.

  • Brittian, I. and Wolff, E.A.
    " International Olympic Academy: The Formation, Integration and Intersection of Paralympic Education within and in Connection to Olympic Education."
    2003 International Paralympic Committee VISTA Conference.

  • Fay, T., Wolff, E.A., Hums, M.A.
    "IPC Sport Classification Systems and the Public Perception of the Paralympic Games: Implications on Marketing, Media Coverage and the Management of the Games."
    2003 International Paralympic Committee VISTA Conference.

  • Hums,M.A., Moorman, A., Fay, T. "
    Educating Future Sport Managers About the Paralympic Games: Integrating the Paralympic Games Into a Sport Management Curriculum"
    2003 International Paralympic Committee VISTA Conference.

PAST RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS:

  • Hums, M.A., Wolff, E.A., Legg, D.
    "Examining Opportunities for Athletes with a Disability within the International Olympic Committee: Citeria for Inclusion"
    Presented at the 2003 Conference of the North American Society for Sport Management. Moorman, A.J.,

  • Hums, M.A, Wolff, E.A.
    "A review of legal and policy developments in accommodating athletes with disabilities under the ADA and IDEA in amateur sport environments and educational settings"
    Presented at the 2003 Conference of the Society for the Study of Legal Issues in Sport and Physical Activity

  • Hums, M.A. & Grevemberg, D.
    "The Paralympic Movement: Partners in Progress with Sports For All."
    For the 2002 International Olympic Committee - Sports for All Conference.
  • Wolff, E.A.
    "Sports Opportunities for Youth with Disabilities: Current Models, Future Opportunities."
    2002 Finnish-American Sports Conference.
  • Fay, T.G.
    "Race, Gender and Disability: A New Paradigm of Inclusion Destructing Marginality and the Hegemony of Controlling Power Elites."
    For the 2001 Conference of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport.


  • Le Clair, J & Wolff, E.A.
    "The Unspoken Reality in the Contested Arena of Cultural and Policy Barriers to the Development of Sport for Athletes with a Disability: Casey Martin and the PGA."
    For the 2001 Conference of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport
    .

  • Hums, M.A. & Wolff, E.A.
    "Athletes in Governance of Disability Sport."
    For the 2001 Conference of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport.

  • Hedrick, B., & Wolff, E.A.
    "Disability Sport: An Important and Diverse Component of the Disability Studies Curriculum"
    Presented at the 2001Conference of the International Society for Disability Studies.
  • Hums, M.A.
    "Myths and Realities: What Employers in the Sports Industry Look For."
    For the 2001 Disabled Sports, USA "Disability Sport Employment Conference
    .

  • Moorman, A.M., Hums, M.A., & Wolff, E.A.
    "Casey Martin Revisited: Supreme Court Review of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Professional Golf"
    Presented at the 2001Conference of the Society for the Study of Legal Issues in Sport and Physical Activity.
  • Todd, L., & Wolff, E.A.
    "The Paralympic Movement and Special Olympics, Inc.: Finding Common Ground"
    Presented at the 2001 Congress of the International Paralympic Committee.
  • Hums, M.A. & Foster, S.B., Fay, T.G.
    "Integrating Topics Concerning Sport for People with Disabilities into the Sport Management Curriculum"
    Presented at the 2001Conference of the North American Society for Sport Management.
  • Grevemberg, D. & Wolff, E.A.
    "Marketing Disability Sport: The Impact of Different Sport Philosophies Within International Disability Sport"
    Presented at the 2001Conference of the North American Society for Sport Management.
  • Wolff, E.A., Grevemberg, D., & Hums, M.A.
    "Integration of Paralympic Sport into International Sport Federations: Comparative International Models"

    Presented at the 2001Conference of the North American Society for Sport Management.
  • Fay, T.G., Burton, R., Grevemberg, D.
    "A Marketing Analysis of the 2000 Paralympic Games: Are the Components in Place to Build an Emerging Global Brand?"

    Presented at the Conference of the North American Society for Sport Management.
  • Hums, M.A., Moorman, A.M. & Wolff, E.A.
    "A Different Lens: Examining Disability Sport from a Sport Management Perspective"
    Presented at the Conference of the International Federation of Adapted Physical Activitity.
  • Fay T.G., Hums, M.A., & Wolff, E.A.
    "Critical Change Factors Model: Understanding the Integration Process of Sport Opportunities for Athletes with Disabilities into National Governing Bodies and the United States Olympic Committee."
    Presented at the 2000 Pre-Olympic Congress.
  • Fay T.G., Hums, M.A,. & Wolff, E.A.
    "Inclusion of Sport for Athletes with Disabilities into Non-Disabled Sport Organizations.
    A Comparative Analysis of Three Case Studies."

    Presented at the 2000 Conference of the North American Society for Sport Management.
  • Hums, M.A., Moorman, A.M., & Wolff, E.A.
    "The Inclusion of the Paralympics in the Olympic and Amateur Sports Act:
    Legal and Policy Implications for Integration of Athletes With Disabilities
    into the United States Olympic Committee."

    Presented at the 13th Annual Conference of the Society for the Study of Legal Aspects of Sport and Physical Activity.

  • Hums, M.A., Moorman, A.M., & Wolff, E.A.
    "Integration of Paralympic Athletes Into National Sports Organizations:
    Selected Comparative Models."

    Presented at the European Sport Management Conference.

  • Wolff, E.A.
    "Inclusion of the Sport for Athletes with Disabilities into Non-Disabled Sport Organizations: Strategies and Recommendations."
    Presented at VISTA '99 - International Conference on Sport for Athletes with a Disability.

  • Wolff, E.A.
    "Method and findings from research on the seven national disability sport organizations recognized by the United States Olympic Committee."
    Presented at the International Society for Disability Studies Conference.


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