Sam Brady - Sporting Wheelchairs

This episode Sam Brady of Glasgow University gives a paper for the BSSH Sport & Leisure History seminar on sporting wheelchairs and adaptive technology in the Paralympics. Building on his own bank of oral history interviews with practitioners he explains the way in which wheelchair users increasingly became involved in the design of their equipment and how technological change affects the way in which Paralympic sports adapt over time.You can find out more about Sam's research via his blog posts at www.paralympicheritage.org.uk or by following him on Twitter @SamB24Thia podcast is a British Society of Sports History (BSSH) production from the UK's leading society for the history of sport.. You can find the podcast on all social media & major podcast platforms here.Likewise, Click through to the BSSH website for further information on our events and to find out how to join the British Society of Sport History: https://www.sportinhistory.org/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.