Disability & Sports Blog - Kashmira Sidhwa

What is cheating? Merriam-Webster's Dictionary describes "cheating" as "to deprive of something valuable by the use of deceit or fraud" (Merriam-Webster). But why? Why do people do this? Some people may argue that the act of cheating, whether it is on an exam, in a game, or in a sport, can get you ahead and make you the winner. Cheating is something that people do to get ahead of others and it puts them at an advantage compared to everyone else, until they get caught.  Watching the video, "The Greatest Paralympic Scandal of All Time" made by Austin McConnell really had me in shock and I was flabbergasted at how there are actual people who would commit an act of cheating, especially in the Paralympic Games. In the summer of 2000, the Paralympic Games were held in Sydney, Australia and to say there was cheating is an understatement.  Spain's  Men's Basketball Intellectual Disability team was the source of this scandal. The team consisted of 12 pl

Both the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games only come around every four years, about two weeks after the Olympic Games conclude. Usually, commercials on television start advertising for both Games at the end of June and the beginning of July in the year that they are being held for the Summer, and in January/February for the Winter. AdImpact mentions, "...it's clear that the closer we get to the Opening Ceremony in Tokyo, the more brands are mentioning the contest" (AdImpact, 2021). Although this talks about the Olympics, as opposed to the Paralympics, it still shows that the majority of advertisements for the Games occur closer to when they begin, and not throughout the whole year. The graph below clearly represents this statistic (for the Summer Games) on how marketing increased in May, which was closer to the start of the Summer Games (AdImpact, 2021). More information on the graph above can be found here:  AdImpact Graph Personally, I believe that the media does not h