Jewish Telegraphic Agency12y
Awareness of Ludwig Guttman, the ‘angel of the Paralympics,’ is undergoing a revival
Ludwig Guttman, a German-English Jewish refugee, bucked colleagues and convention when he combined spinal injury recovery with sports and mental health. “Although I saw many more victims ...
Inside The Games6mon
The History of the Paralympic Movement
The legendary Sir Ludwig Guttmann is credited as the man responsible for founding the Paralympic Games and the Paralympic Movement as a whole. Guttmann was one of the leading pre-World War II ...
International Paralympic Committee12y
History of Classification
In 1948 Dr Ludwig Guttmann organised the first para-sport competitions, as an extension of the rehabilitation process. In the 1950s, questions were raised that “consideration must be given to whether ...
Queen Mary University of London6y
Sir Ludwig Guttmann
The dental clinic is on the third floor of the Sir Ludwig Guttmann Centre. It is an open plan design with state of the art facilities such as digital x-ray machines, modern sterilisation area and ...
Where did the term ‘Paralympics’ come from? Examining its origin and evolution in meaning
The origins lie in a sports competition organised by Dr Ludwig Guttmann of Stoke Mandeville Hospital in the UK, almost eight ...
NHK1y
"Ability, not disability" the watchwords for all
"It is ability, not disability, that counts." Those are the words of Ludwig Guttmann, the German-born British neurologist known as the "father" of the Paralympic Games. His approach has inspired ...