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World Abilitysport

World Abilitysport is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand World Abilitysport rather than just read about it. In short: World Abilitysport (formerly the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation or IWAS) is an international sports organisation that governs sports for athletes with physical impairments. It is a registered charity with its headquarters located at Aylesbury College in Buckinghamshire.

Key takeaways

World Abilitysport belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect World Abilitysport to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of World Abilitysport from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

World Abilitysport (formerly the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation or IWAS) is an international sports organisation that governs sports for athletes with physical impairments. It is a registered charity with its headquarters located at Aylesbury College in Buckinghamshire. It is the international governing body for the Paralympic sport of wheelchair fencing, as well as power hockey and para dance sport. It also organizes the World Abilitysport Games, an event for paralympic sports held outside of Summer Paralympic years.

History The International Stoke Mandeville Games were the forerunner of the Paralympic Games and followed the vision of their creator and founder, Ludwig Guttmann.

IWAS was formed in 2005 following a merger of the International Stoke Mandeville Wheelchair Sports Federation (ISMWSF) (which was formerly known as the International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation (ISMGF) and the International Sports Federation of the Disabled (ISOD). ISOD had been founded by the International War Veterans Association in 1964. In November 2022, during an extraordinary general assembly, the Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association (CPISRA) and IWAS approved a merger. In April 2023, the organization rebranded as World Abilitysport. In January 2024, it took over governance of wheelchair dancesport from the International Paralympic Committee.

Sports World Abilitysport serves as the international governing body for the Paralympic sport of wheelchair fencing. It also serves as the governing body for two non-Paralympic sports, power hockey and para dance sport. It also governs frame football, frame running, and wheelchair slalom as "developing" sports.

References

External links https://www.paralympic.org/news/fie-iwas-extend-agreement http://www.iwasf.com/iwasf/index.cfm/iwas-news1/results-summary-iwas-wheelchair-fencing-world-cup1/ http://www.iwasf.com/iwasf/index.cfm/sports/iwas-wheelchair-fencing/ Archived 2019-07-10 at the Wayback Machine http://www.iwasf.com/iwasf/index.cfm/sports/iwas-wheelchair-fencing/competitions1/ Archived 2019-07-10 at the Wayback Machine http://www.iwasf.com/iwasf/index.cfm/sports/iwas-wheelchair-fencing/history1/ Archived 2019-07-10 at the Wayback Machine Official website

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with World Abilitysport

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what World Abilitysport claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to World Abilitysport before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about World Abilitysport ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of World Abilitysport

In research: World Abilitysport appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses World Abilitysport in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: World Abilitysport is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Amputee organizations, Amputee sports, British organisations established in 2005, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for World Abilitysport outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study World Abilitysport in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what World Abilitysport means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain World Abilitysport out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is World Abilitysport in simple terms?

Why does World Abilitysport matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study World Abilitysport?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on World Abilitysport.