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Art & Sport Timeline Graeae Theatre London Disability North-West Company founded: Arts Forum (LDAF) Disability Arts Block Telethon Dada-Fest feature is profiling and developing founded. Forum founded. First Telethon demonstration demonstration leads First LDAF Disability Film Festival. included in BBC’s disabled performers by disabled activists, seeking to live performance North West Shape South Bank Show Disability Arts in writers and directors with Survivors Poetry ‘rights, not charity’. of Shaken not relaunches as First Dada-Fest in Liverpool. London (DAIL) founded: promoting Stirred by Full Circle Arts Sealboy: Freak, First Oska Bright Film physical and sensory First Liberty Accentuate Shape founded: magazine – Heart n Soul founded: work by and for Mind the Gap theatre Tony Heaton. Launch of Attitude is Everything: Mat Fraser’s Festival of work by learning Disabled British impairments. Festival showcases Invited to sit on Campaign! organisation 1st edition. music and theatre people with company founded: training improving disabled people’s first play, tours disabled film-makers. Gaming! Open Golf Unleashed: Images and a day of disability Launch at the Accessible at Houses of working to improve British Council of company for people with experience of the and promoting actors with Candoco Dance access to live music. to national and Vision for Accentuate Experience of Disability arts events in The third Xposure Arts Tourism Our View Parliament access to culture Organisations of International Year learning difficulties. mental health system. learning difficulties. Company founded: international Accentuate Launch Pinewood (Laing Art Gallery Heart n Soul and Graeae appear Trafalgar Square. Festival, showcases disability Dada-South Studios Stakeholders Event hosted for disabled people. Disabled People of Disabled People integrated dance acclaim. accepted Brighton Up-Stream Newcastle). arts in six London venues. founded Group DCMS by Channel 4 (BCODP) founded. company. at the Glastonbury Festival. by Legacy Showcase Trust UK Art 1924 1948 1952 1960 1968 1976 1977 1980 1981 1982 1984 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Accentuate Sport 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 , Toronto, Canada Atlanta, USA, Tanni Grey Paris, France. Stoke Mandeville, Competitors Rome Italy Seoul, South Korea Manchester, UK, , Paralympics. Ireland Melbourne The Extremity Beijing China, 17th Winter Deaflympics The first England. The first from the Paralympics. Chicago, Paralympics The term Harnosand, 1988–1993: Barcelona, Spain, Paralympics Thompson cannot IOC and the IPC Commonwealth , TV coverage hosts Australia Games is formed for Dehli India, Commonwealth ‘Silent’ Games sports competition Netherlands 400 wheelchair USA. ‘paralympic’ is officially Sweden. The CISS Paralympics. The Mass media accept her award at (International Games. Paralympics. Taipei, cancelled. A criminal is broadcast the first Commonwealth people with limb loss Games. Paralympic Archery 148 athletes, involving World join the Stoke athletes, The first recognised. Games are The first (The International Organising Committee of sponsorship. the BBC Sports Paralympic Disabled athletes 3,951 athletes, Taiwan, complaint is filed against to 600,000 Special Games. Canadian or limb difference to gold medalist, Danielle 9 nations. War II veterans Mandeville 23 nations. Special held at Olympic venues, World Games Committee of Sports the Barcelona Olympic INAS athletes Personality of the Committee) are included as 146 nations. Summer the Slovakian Deaflympics viewers. Olympics Chantal Petitclerc compete in extreme Brown (GB) wins a gold Now known as with a spinal cord Games and The first Olympic but access for athletes for Athletes for the Deaf) Games believes Paralympic with an Year 2000 on stage sign an agreement full members of Deaflympics. Organising Committee. outside is the first athlete sports. medal for the England the Deaflympics, injury organised an international parallel Games in wheelchairs has not with an events may reduce intellectual because there is to guarantee their national 2493 Ornskolsvik, abandons its attempts the US. with a disability to Oscar Pistorius (SA) non-disabled team. Double leg amputee, and Winter by Sir Ludwig movement Olympic for athletes been considered. Intellectual credibility, so set strict rules disability compete no ramp. host cities teams, making athletes, Sweden. The to incorporate the 5,500 carry her country’s ‘Blade Runner’ has ban Richard Whitehead loses Deaflympics Guttmann. is born. style games, with learning Disability to cut athlete numbers. for the first time. will manage these the first 77 nations. first Winter Deaflympics into the athletes flag in the Opening on him competing against Tanni Grey-Thompson his case to run in the and held every held every disabilities. The International Olympic are held. both Games. fully inclusive Paralympics. Paralympics, but Albertville, France Winter participate. Ceremony. non-disabled athletes becomes a Baroness and 2012 Paralympics. There is Committee (IOC) recognises international 4 years. 4 years. 198 athletes, retains IOC Paralympics. Held at same reversed. He hopes to is given life peerage in no marathon event for his the Special Olympics. multi-sport games. 16 nations. recognition. venue as Winter Olympics. compete in both the 2012 The House of Lords. classification; he had hoped Olympics and Paralympics. to run with arm amputees. “Simply one of the biggest “I'm driven by an obsession with “Sometimes people are surprised that “Passion, inspiration, “Rowing is a sport where if “Success for me is if I have “I have always loved football – “There’s more of a level factors is I love what I do… the telling stories, especially those not I play sport; and even more surprised commitment, hard work, focus you strive to be the best you done something I am proud of, especially playing it more than playing field in officiating – sportsman in me makes me heard, experiences not shown. that I compete at a high level. It’s as and ambition drive me. As a can be then you will be able or something that felt scary but watching. I joined Manchester it is knowledge based and want to be the best at it! There The rich fruity ragbag – and quite if they have an image of a disabled dancer, I’ve been rejected at to work with some of the best I did it anyway, so some kind of City‘s disability team in 2009 everyone’s sitting down. is also nothing better than frankly contradictory – tales of person – and every disabled person auditions because of my people in their profession … personal achievement. From when I was 34. It has changed When I was younger and I performing. It doesn’t matter if disabled people do not truly is the same as another. Disabled deafness and not been able to I love the feeling of moving the outside, relating to public my life. Man City’s team is a told people I swam – they I am in the wrestling ring or if I register in the mainstream in all people aren’t surprised at all unless get an agent because they don’t the boat through the water profile, this is more tricky. I’ve mixture of physical and learning often thought it was for am on stage or in front of a their difference and glory. I'm driven too by my they are young and sometimes think that they know how to deal with me. With and it is exhilarating rowing no interest in getting famous or disabilities and I’ve never met therapy, not sport. Now, camera. The rush you get from personal love of language, of subversion.” can’t join in. Non-disabled people are surprised, determination and hard work, with precise technique.” being fashionable in the art such a diverse group of disabled people. We are when I am in my officials’ performing for people is… just awesome.” Penny Pepper, Writer and Performer but in a good way. Their response is normally I’ve been lucky to perform in dance companies Helene Raynsford, Rower world, but slowly trying to build up some kind of like a band of brothers. The main thing for me is uniform, it is a statement in itself. It prevents Dan Edge, Pro Wrestler ‘wow, that’s so cool’.” and worked with fantastic choreographers.” reputation through my work is important to me.” having fun… and beating the opposition.” any need for discussion.” Penny has been published extensively and Helene is the current Paralympic Champion for Lucie Bouron, Table Tennis Player Mark Smith, Dancer and Choreographer Sally Booth, Visual Artist Gordon Hart, Footballer Dinah Simmons, Basketball Official Dan is the UK’s only disabled Professional showcased at the Edinburgh Fringe and Women’s Arms Only Single Scull She was the Wrestler. He has wrestled in the UK and USA National Theatre, and was a finalist at Lucie recently played in the BTTAD National Mark is the founder and Artistic Director of winner of the first ever Paralympic Rowing Sally regularly exhibits across the UK and Gordon Hart has been the goalie for Manchester Dinah is an English Basketball Level 3 qualified and is a former World Tag Team Champion. DadaFest International. Championships. She began her sporting career dance company Deaf Men Dancing. Previous Gold Medal in Beijing in 2008. abroad and was selected by the Royal College City’s disabled football team since 2009. He is Table Official. As a teenager, she participated Dan also works as an actor and model. at Stoke Mandeville through the WheelPower work includes co-choreographing Shoes at of Art for a touring exhibition in Japan. Recently also an Assistant Producer at the BBC and at National