What does AWD stand for?

Athletes with Disabilities

This definition appears very rarely and is found in the following Acronym Finder categories:

Organizations, NGOs, schools, universities, etc.

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Samples in periodicals archive:

Hanrahan, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) deals specifically with athletes with disabilities, treating such topics as validity and reliability of assessment instruments used with athletes with disabilities; comparisons of athletes with and without disabilities; descriptive studies of athletes with disabilities; coping with disability; effects of participating in sport and physical activity; integration or segregation; factors affecting exercise behaviors; mental skills training; practical considerations according to disability categories (visual and hearing impairments, and intellectual and physical conditions).

Tennenbaum, G. and Eklund, R.C. (Editors), (2007). Handbook of Sport ...

INTRODUCTION The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is the international governing body of sports for athletes with disabilities and acts as the International Federation for 12 sports.

Sport science in the Paralympic movement

Therefore, it may be that sport plays a specific role in facilitating the social and personal identity of athletes with disabilities both within the specific domain of sport and perhaps, beyond.

An exploratory study of athletic identity among elite alpine skiers ...

Most studies using psychosocial variables have found few significant differences between athletes with disabilities and those without disabilities.

Sport and physical activity for people with physical disabilities

As the first global sponsor of the Paralympic Games and Worldwide Partner of the IPC, Visa strongly supports the Paralympic Movement and continues to help facilitate progress toward greater worldwide acceptance of people with disabilities by providing products and services that promote equal access for the disabled community and by promoting awareness of athletes with disabilities," said Tom Shepard, Executive Vice President, Global Marketing Partnerships and Sponsorship, Visa International.

Visa to Sponsor Inaugural Paralympic Hall of Fame at Torino 2006 ...

Peters, MO) also broke American records for athletes with disabilities in the 50 m butterfly.

2005 World Youth Championships: U.S. national team captures 18 medals

Feature Editors/Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 13, 2003 America's Athletes with Disabilities announced its 2nd Annual "Goddess Night" Fundraising Gala to be held on Thursday, March 27, 2003 at the Regent Wall Street in New York.

Gods and Goddesses to be honored at Olympian Gala on Wall Street; ...

Topics are inclusive of youth through adult participation, with in-depth coverage of essential issues involving athletes with disabilities.

DePauw, K.P., & Gavron, S.J. (2005). Disability Sport (2nd Ed.)