This week’s NZ National Summer Games are part of a global Special Olympics movement that rivals other sports mega-events in scale. Media coverage needs to catch up.
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Canada Research Chair in Childhood Disability, Participation and Knowledge Translation, and Assistant Professor in Occupational Therapy, McGill University
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Professor and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Developmental Neurogenetics, University of British Columbia
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Clinical Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia
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Senior Lecturer in Leisure and Event Studies, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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Professor in Event and Digital Cultures, University of the West of Scotland
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Director, Center for Sport, Peace, & Society, University of Tennessee
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Professor of International Service and Professor of Information Technology & Analytics at the Kogod School of Business, American University School of International Service
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Chief of Evaluation, Research, and Accountability and Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee
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Professor, Western University