the paralympic games are equivalent to the olympics, but restricted to athletes with physical disabilities.
they include traditional athletic events as well as categories like wheelchair racing and wheelchair basketball.
the paralympics seem a perfectly reasonable idea.
they allow disabled athletes to compete in events better suited to their needs.
they can highlight the bravery of some athletes who have overcome crippling injury or disease and gone on to train to a high standard.
applying the principle of inclusivity indiscriminately doesn't make much sense.
disabled and able-bodied athletes do not begin on an equal footing, and there is an extra dimension of technology in wheelchair sports that isn't found in their pedestrian equivalents.
paralympic and other wheelchair sports have strict rules about the mobility of the athletes and the construction of the wheelchairs.
