Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
disability sports
English answer:
disabled sports
Added to glossary by
Fuad Yahya
May 27, 2002 01:00
21 yrs ago
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English term
Hungary
Nil satis nisi optimum
Native in: Hungarian
Works in: English to Hungarian, French to Hungarian, German to Hungarian, and 2 more.
disabled sports / disability sports
English
Social Sciences
Sports / Fitness / Recreation
Could you advise me which one is correct? Is there perhaps a difference between UK/US English? TIA,
Eva
Eva
Responses
| 4 +8 | disabled sports |
Fuad Yahya
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| 4 +1 | disabled sports OR adaptive sports |
Victoria Barkoff
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| 4 | no - there is no difference |
Roz (X)
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| 3 | neither |
jccantrell
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Change log
Jan 2, 2006 07:10: Fuad Yahya changed "Field" from "Other" to "Social Sciences" , "Field (specific)" from "(none)" to "Sports / Fitness / Recreation"
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disabled sports
Sports for the disabled: That would be the phrasing of choice for those of us who are simply not familiar enough with the phrase "disabled sports" and think it odd.
But come to think of it, a one-hand piano concerto is just as odd (neither a piano nor a piano concerto has hands; the reference is to the pianist).
Expressions like these abound in English:
- Adult movies (movies for adults; the movies themselves have no puberty stage)
- handicapped parking (parking for the handicapped; the parking itself is not handicapped)
and so on.
Fuad
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Eva:
This note is a comment on your comment about the Special Olympics. According to SpecialOlyipics.org,
\"Special Olympics is an international organization dedicated to empowering individuals with mental retardation to become physically fit, productive and respected members of society through sports training and competition. Special Olympics offers children and adults with mental retardation year-round training and competition in 26 Olympic-type summer and winter sports. \"
http://www.specialolympics.org/about_special_olympics/index....
But come to think of it, a one-hand piano concerto is just as odd (neither a piano nor a piano concerto has hands; the reference is to the pianist).
Expressions like these abound in English:
- Adult movies (movies for adults; the movies themselves have no puberty stage)
- handicapped parking (parking for the handicapped; the parking itself is not handicapped)
and so on.
Fuad
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Note added at 2002-05-27 05:18:39 (GMT)
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Eva:
This note is a comment on your comment about the Special Olympics. According to SpecialOlyipics.org,
\"Special Olympics is an international organization dedicated to empowering individuals with mental retardation to become physically fit, productive and respected members of society through sports training and competition. Special Olympics offers children and adults with mental retardation year-round training and competition in 26 Olympic-type summer and winter sports. \"
http://www.specialolympics.org/about_special_olympics/index....
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Sue Goldian
2 hrs
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| agree |
Margaret Lagoyianni
4 hrs
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| agree |
jerrie
: disabled sports not disability sports
5 hrs
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| agree |
John Kinory (X)
: Disabled sports is the BE term, illogical though it is.
6 hrs
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| agree |
MarianneH
7 hrs
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| agree |
Sue Crocker
4 days
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| agree |
Chinoise
13 days
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| agree |
AhmedAMS
27 days
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Comment: "Thanks for the perfect explanation and the active assistance of all of you!"
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jccantrell
United States
United States
Native in English
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English
United States
Was nicht ist, kann noch werden.
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: German to English
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12
neither
disabled sports sounds like sports that have been disabled in some way.
disability sports might be closed to what you want, but I have never heard the term in the USA.
We do have something called the 'Special Olympics' where contestants with various disabilities compete. You might look up that for the USA.
sports for competitors with disabilities?
Good luck.
disability sports might be closed to what you want, but I have never heard the term in the USA.
We do have something called the 'Special Olympics' where contestants with various disabilities compete. You might look up that for the USA.
sports for competitors with disabilities?
Good luck.
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no - there is no difference
There is no difference between disabled and disability sports. In the US, we have the "special olympics" for the disabled.
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Victoria Barkoff
Native in English
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English
English translator/editor for 17 years
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, English
disabled sports OR adaptive sports
Much to my surprise, I found 9800 hits for the phrase "disable sports" on Google. I agree with JC that the term sound rather odd, but evidently it is used. So is the more genteel-sounding "adaptive sports"
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Ooops- typo that should be \"disable sports\" not \"disable sports\"!
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Note added at 2002-05-27 01:17:29 (GMT)
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Example:
What is Disabled Sports USA?
A national nonprofit, 501(c)(3), organization established in 1967 by disabled Vietnam veterans to serve the war injured. DS/USA now offers nationwide sports rehabilitation programs to anyone with a permanent physical disability. Activities include winter skiing, water sports, summer and winter competitions, fitness and special sports events. Participants include those with visual impairments, amputations, spinal cord injury, dwarfism, multiple sclerosis, head injury, cerebral palsy, and other neuromuscular and orthopedic conditions.
http://www.dsusa.org/about.htm
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DOUBLE TYPO!!
I mean 9800 hits for DISABLED SPORTS.
I am beginning to suspect that my \"d\" is sticking on the keyboard.
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Note added at 2002-05-27 01:15:45 (GMT)
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Ooops- typo that should be \"disable sports\" not \"disable sports\"!
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Note added at 2002-05-27 01:17:29 (GMT)
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Example:
What is Disabled Sports USA?
A national nonprofit, 501(c)(3), organization established in 1967 by disabled Vietnam veterans to serve the war injured. DS/USA now offers nationwide sports rehabilitation programs to anyone with a permanent physical disability. Activities include winter skiing, water sports, summer and winter competitions, fitness and special sports events. Participants include those with visual impairments, amputations, spinal cord injury, dwarfism, multiple sclerosis, head injury, cerebral palsy, and other neuromuscular and orthopedic conditions.
http://www.dsusa.org/about.htm
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Note added at 2002-05-27 01:22:19 (GMT)
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DOUBLE TYPO!!
I mean 9800 hits for DISABLED SPORTS.
I am beginning to suspect that my \"d\" is sticking on the keyboard.
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