Paralympics!

Not a Paralympian, but definitely a parathlete!

With the opening of the Paralympics tomorrow, I'm going to give you lovely readers some reading about how to watch, what to watch, and some other interesting things about what many folks consider the pinnacle of disability sport.

For US fans, most of our options to watch the Paralympics are online.  But for more news bits (including tips on how to get the most of your Paralympics watching...

• Paralympics: US finally engages with Games thanks to media interest from the Guardian
• USOC announces expanded coverage for London 2012 Paralympic Games from the Team USA blog
• Why do we hold separate Paralympic and Olympic events? from UCL (YouTube video)
• How to get the most out of the Paralympics: hold them before the Olympics from The Telegraph
• Classifying disabilities tricky at Paralympics from Metro News (Canada
• I Love the Paralympics! Now If Only I Could Watch Them from xoJane
• 20 Paralympic Athletes to Watch at London 2012 from Time Magazine
  
• At first I didn’t want to be defined by my paralysis – now I’m proud from The Independent
• Leg-ism leaves some Paralympic stars out on a limb from The Conversation
• Expanded US Paralympics coverage from Wheelie Catholic
• Paralympics Highlight Giant Cultural divide from Bad Cripple (includes audio)
• Paralympics: 10 things you need to know from BBC News
  
  

Knowing me, there will be more Paralympics posts as I find information and as I try to find time to watch (trying find time to watch tv while being a doctoral student is an interesting feat).