IT IS TIME FOR THE WINTER PARALYMPICS!!!!
The Paralympics are the most consistently mind-blowing sporting event on the calendar. I promise you simply reading about how various Paralympic events work will make you say WHAT?!? or HOW?!?!? out loud at least once
Now open: National survey seeking participants on sport and physical activity experiences of women, girls and nonbinary people with disability If you're aged 16+ - whether you play sport often, occasionally, or not at all - your experiences matter and can help shape more inclusive sport environments. Led by researchers from Griffith University, University of Technology Sydney and Monash University, and funded by the Australian Research Council, this study aims to improve programs, policies and practice across adaptive and mainstream sport.
Australia wide survey examining the experiences of women, girls and non-binary people with disability- click this link to complete inclusivefutures.griffith.edu.au/embeds/proje...
Now open: National survey seeking participants on sport and physical activity experiences of women, girls and nonbinary people with disability If you're aged 16+ - whether you play sport often, occasionally, or not at all - your experiences matter and can help shape more inclusive sport environments. Led by researchers from Griffith University, University of Technology Sydney and Monash University, and funded by the Australian Research Council, this study aims to improve programs, policies and practice across adaptive and mainstream sport.
Australia wide survey examining the experiences of women, girls and non-binary people with disability- click this link to complete inclusivefutures.griffith.edu.au/embeds/proje...
When you look at your Google Scholar citations
WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL:
The Australian Gliders squad has been named for next month’s Asia Oceania Zone Champs in Bangkok, with a 3x3 Wombats squad to also compete for qualification at next year’s Commonwealth Games.
📸 Basketball Australia
“It makes you feel like, ‘am I even a human to you guys?’. What’s the point of being here? Will that save your budget?” Kieron D’Netto
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Several members of the National winners Sydney Blues and 3x3 World Champ medalists are among the Aussie Gliders squad which will head to Italy for a series of matches against France and Netherlands.
Read more below.
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Michelle Laflamme, the International Paralympic Committee’s Senior Manager for World Para Ice Hockey, shares why the “open gender” label intended to encourage participation hasn’t helped with the development of women’s para ice hockey players.
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Our call for papers on the WNBA has been extended to September 20th! We’d love to read your submissions.
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/07/...
New publication! Open access so that anyone can read, this paper looks at body shaming of women in elite para-sport
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Just found out Emma Meesseman is deaf and wears hearing aids during play. Love to see that disabled athlete representation. #WNBA
Our call for papers on the WNBA has been extended to September 20th! We’d love to read your submissions.
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/07/...
The short answer: the Heritage Foundation have been paying influencers to discredit hormonal birth control for at least 7–8 years now
WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL:
Just days after returning from South Africa with a World Champs bronze medal, Australian star Georgia Munro-Cook today scored 47 points for Sydney Blues in the WNWBL, more than doubling the total of the entire opposition (23).
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The Australian Wombats squad for the 3x3 Wheelchair basketball World Champs in South Africa has been named.
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"The WNBA is losing money and isn't worth the investment."
Yes, that's exactly why NBA-backed investors are investing hundreds of millions of dollars into bids to get teams.
And why there is a new TV deal starting next year at $200 million per year.
And this is with ESPN trying to bury the WNBA for years!
What many don’t know is that when the W started, games were on NBC, Lifetime, local, and many arenas were full. Then the MNBA side of things decided women weren’t worth the effort of promoting or negotiating good tv deals anymore.
Call for papers! Looking for abstracts for an edited collection on the WNBA from humanities, social sciences and sports scholars
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/07/...
Bri spent her last few offseasons in grad school getting her masters in social justice, specifically studying how to make trans kids’ lives better. She is truly one of the best people in the WNBA.
Every time I see charts like this, I get mad.
The league was booming its first few years. Imagine where it would be now if someone hadn’t deliberately tried to kill it.
This week on the podcast: @gmunrocook.bsky.social, a Research Fellow in the Disability & Rehabilitation Research Unit at Griffith University, discusses her work around women, sport & disability. 1/2
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Transcript: www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/u...
WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL:
In its first year entering the Wheelchair Basketball Junior National Champs (formerly the Kevin Coombs Cup), South Australia has won gold, defeating QLD in the final.
The team comprised 50% female athletes.
📸 Basketball Australia
Elena Delle Donne shot 117 free throws in 2019 and missed three
We simply had to intentionally destroy the world’s strongest economy while dismantling our scientific and educational infrastructure to ensure that a team with a trans girl would never finish second place in the Mountain West volleyball standings again
This is fucking awful. My god.
WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL:
The Aussie Gliders have won the Osaka Cup with a 49-41 win over Japan in the gold medal match
WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL:
The Gliders have started 2025 in style with a 54-51 win over hosts Japan at the Osaka Cup today.
📸 Gliders
PARA FOOTBALL:
The Para Matildas are champions of the World, winning the IFCPF World Cup with a 6-2 win after trailing 0-2 after just a few minutes against defending champs USA.
The details of the match below.
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📸 Mark Avellino/Football Aust
