http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/ouch/2012/09 ... mpics.htmlZitat:
Unfortunately, interpreter fees often have to be covered by Laurentia's parents, as she has struggled to get funding or sponsorship to pay for them.
Das ist die Realität!
Zitat:
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) did a deal with the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) in 2001 to provide equality of opportunity for Paralympic athletes. So Paralympians have access to the same venues, Olympic Village, transportation, technology and so on as the Olympians. Eleven years later, Deaflympians have not been offered the same equality of opportunity.
So ist das!
Und das lustigste Zitat von CC:
Zitat:
And we're working hard to ensure that host cities of the Olympic and Paralympic Games no longer overlook Deaf people, either as athletes or spectators.
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Ellis Birt:
Zitat:
While deafness causes issues, they can be overcome and in doing so, deaf athletes could enter the Olympics, not the Paralympics.
War ja auch klar!
deafuser:
Zitat:
Craig Crowley is also the same person who cancelled the winter deaflympics at the last minute because HE failed to ensure that progress on the facilities were on track. He left hundreds of deaf athletes stranded across the globe through pure incompetence. Not the kind of person we need in charge of deaf sport if you ask me.
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