Oscar Pistorius and the Future Nature of Olympic, Paralympic, and Other Sports

Oscar Pistorius is a Paralympic bionic leg runner and record holder in the 100, 200, and 400 meters who wants to compete in the Olympics. This paper provides an analysis of a) his case; b) the impact of his case on the Olympics, the Paralympics and other -lympics and the relationships between the -lympics; c) the impact on other international and national sports; d) the applicability of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. It situates the evaluation of the Pistorius case within the broader doping discourse and the reality that new and emerging science and technology products increasingly generate internal and external human bodily enhancements that go beyond the species-typical, enabling more and more a culture of increasing demand for, and acceptance of modifications of the human body (structure, function, abilities) beyond its species-typical boundaries and the emergence of new social concepts such as transhumanism and the transhumanisation of ableism

Guest Editorial: Science and Technology, Social Cohesion, Human Security, and Disabled People

This editorial highlights the linkage between science and technology advances, social cohesion, human security and disabled people

Coverage of Aging Well of Individuals Aging with a Disability in Canadian Newspapers: A Content Analysis

We ascertained how disability and disabled people were framed within the 4899 articles covering aging well, active aging, healthy aging, natural aging and successful aging in the 300 Canadian newspapers of the Canadian newsstand complete database. The framing was mostly medical. Problems faced by individuals aging with a disability were mostly ignored

Ciencia, tecnología y la DED (discapacidad, enfermedad, defecto)

Se postula que ciencia y tecnología tienen consecuencias positivas y negativas para la humanidad, cargadas de intención y propósito, y reflejo de las visiones, intenciones, prejuicios y objetivos particulares de cada sociedad. Desde este marco, el trabajo se centra en el campo de la bio/gene/nanomedicina, que busca reparar supuestas discapacidades, incapacidades, enfermedades y defectos, pero instala el dilema ético de quién decide lo que es discapacidad, enfermedad, incapacidad o “defecto”. Propone el autor un camino desde la Declaración sobre la Ciencia de la Conferencia Mundial sobre la Ciencia de la Unesco de 1999.La science et la technologie ont des conséquences positives et négatives pour l’humanité, chargées d’intention et d’objectif, et en tant que reflet des visions, intentions, préjugés et objectifs particuliers de chaque société. Dans ce cadre, ce travail se concentre sur le champ de la bio/gene/nano médecine, qui cherche à réparer nos prétendus handicaps, incapacités, maladies et défauts, mais qui entraine le dilemme éthique de qui établit ce qu’est un handicap, une maladie, une incapacité ou un « défaut ». L’auteur propose de partir de la Déclaration sur la Science de la Conférence Mondiale sur la Science de l’UNESCO de 1999.The author hypothesizes that science and technology have positive and negative consequences for humanity, full of intention and purpose, and reflection of views, intentions, prejudices and privative objectives for each society. From this framework, the paper focuses on the field of bio/gene/ nanomedicine, which seeks to redress alleged disabilities, diseases and defects, but installs the ethical dilemma of whom decides what is disability, illness, or "defect ". The author proposes a path from the Declaration on Science from the World Science Conference of Unesco in 1999

Ciencia, tecnología y la DED (discapacidad, enfermedad, defecto)

Se postula que ciencia y tecnología tienen consecuencias positivas y negativas para la humanidad, cargadas de intención y propósito, y reflejo de las visiones, intenciones, prejuicios y objetivos particulares de cada sociedad. Desde este marco, el trabajo se centra en el campo de la bio/gene/nanomedicina, que busca reparar supuestas discapacidades, incapacidades, enfermedades y defectos, pero instala el dilema ético de quién decide lo que es discapacidad, enfermedad, incapacidad o “defecto”. Propone el autor un camino desde la Declaración sobre la Ciencia de la Conferencia Mundial sobre la Ciencia de la Unesco de 1999.La science et la technologie ont des conséquences positives et négatives pour l’humanité, chargées d’intention et d’objectif, et en tant que reflet des visions, intentions, préjugés et objectifs particuliers de chaque société. Dans ce cadre, ce travail se concentre sur le champ de la bio/gene/nano médecine, qui cherche à réparer nos prétendus handicaps, incapacités, maladies et défauts, mais qui entraine le dilemme éthique de qui établit ce qu’est un handicap, une maladie, une incapacité ou un « défaut ». L’auteur propose de partir de la Déclaration sur la Science de la Conférence Mondiale sur la Science de l’UNESCO de 1999.The author hypothesizes that science and technology have positive and negative consequences for humanity, full of intention and purpose, and reflection of views, intentions, prejudices and privative objectives for each society. From this framework, the paper focuses on the field of bio/gene/ nanomedicine, which seeks to redress alleged disabilities, diseases and defects, but installs the ethical dilemma of whom decides what is disability, illness, or "defect ". The author proposes a path from the Declaration on Science from the World Science Conference of Unesco in 1999

Disabled people and the Post20 15 Development Goal Agenda through a disability studies lens

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the role and visibility of disabled people in the discourses of various global policy processes related to sustainable development and the Post-2015 development agenda. This article makes several recommendations for strengthening the role of disabled people in these discourses. The research addresses the question of how the disability community and sustainable development community relate to each other in these discourses. This study provides quantitative and qualitative data on three aspects of the relationship. One set of data highlights who is seen as a stakeholder in general and the visibility of disabled people in the social sustainability, sustainable consumption, Rio+20 and Post-2015 development agenda proposals discourses and what participants of the online consultation for a disability inclusive development agenda towards 2015 and beyond had to say about the issues of visibility of disabled people in development discourses. A second set of data illuminates the attitudes towards disabled people evident in the SD discourses including through the eyes of the participant of the online consultation for a disability inclusive development agenda towards 2015 and beyond. The final set of data compares the goals and actions seen as desirable for the advancement of SD evident in the SD literature covered and the online consultation for a disability inclusive development agenda towards 2015 and beyond. This study interpreted the data through a disability studies lens. The study found that OPEN ACCESS Sustainability 2013, 5 4153 disabled people were barely visible to invisible in the SD literature covered, that the goals and actions proposed in the SD discourses are of high relevance to disabled people but that these discussions have generally not been explicitly linked to disabled people. It found further that disabled people have clear ideas why they are invisible, what the problems with development policies are and what needs to happen to rectify the problems. It found also that there was a lack of visibility of various SD areas and goals within the disability discourse. This paper provides empirical data that can be used to further the goal of mainstreaming of disabled people into the SD and Post-2015 development discourses as asked for in various high-level UN documents. However, we posit that the utility of our paper goes beyond the disability angle. Our quantitative data also highlights other forms of social group visibility unevenness in the literature and as such, we argue that the data we present in this paper is also of use for other stakeholders such as youth, women and indigenous people and also for NGOs and policy makers